Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

25 consonants
9 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kɡ
Nasal
m
·
n
·
ɲ
ŋ
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸβ
θð
s
ʃʒ
çʝ
xɣ
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
w
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Mid·
ə
·
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ɔ
Open·
ä
·

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 9 transcribed dictionary entries (32 total tokens)

/s/
5 (15.6%)
/o/
4 (12.5%)
/e/
4 (12.5%)
/n/
3 (9.4%)
/w/
3 (9.4%)
//
3 (9.4%)
//
3 (9.4%)
/ɛ/
2 (6.3%)
/i/
1 (3.1%)
/d/
1 (3.1%)
/r/
1 (3.1%)
/m/
1 (3.1%)
/ɔ/
1 (3.1%)