Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
4 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | · | kg | · | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θð | sz | ɕʑ | · | · | χʁ | · | |||||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tsdz | · | tɕdʑ | · | · | · | |||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 74 transcribed dictionary entries (138 total tokens)
/gu/
9 (6.5%)
/d/
7 (5.1%)
/s/
7 (5.1%)
/gi/
6 (4.3%)
/t/
5 (3.6%)
/a/
5 (3.6%)
/ta/
4 (2.9%)
/i/
4 (2.9%)
/vi/
4 (2.9%)
/ɕ/
3 (2.2%)
/ɒ/
3 (2.2%)
/tɒ/
3 (2.2%)
/bɒ/
3 (2.2%)
/u/
3 (2.2%)
/ɕu/
3 (2.2%)
/ki/
3 (2.2%)
/χɒ/
3 (2.2%)
/zɒ/
2 (1.4%)
/da/
2 (1.4%)
/su/
2 (1.4%)
/ʑi/
2 (1.4%)
/ti/
2 (1.4%)
/pa/
2 (1.4%)
/vu/
2 (1.4%)
/tu/
2 (1.4%)
/χ/
2 (1.4%)
/χa/
2 (1.4%)
/bi/
2 (1.4%)
/v/
2 (1.4%)
/zu/
2 (1.4%)