Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | k | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | h | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phonological Rules
ei → ei ie → aɪ
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 109 transcribed dictionary entries (435 total tokens)
/t/
51 (11.7%)
/e/
36 (8.3%)
/a/
36 (8.3%)
/r/
36 (8.3%)
/s/
31 (7.1%)
/n/
31 (7.1%)
/i/
30 (6.9%)
/o/
28 (6.4%)
/k/
26 (6%)
/d/
23 (5.3%)
/ʃ/
19 (4.4%)
/u/
16 (3.7%)
/h/
15 (3.4%)
/l/
11 (2.5%)
/z/
10 (2.3%)
/v/
10 (2.3%)
/m/
9 (2.1%)
/f/
9 (2.1%)
/p/
4 (0.9%)
/b/
4 (0.9%)