Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | c | kg | q | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | x | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
cvvcvPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 13 transcribed dictionary entries (95 total tokens)
/e/
14 (14.7%)
/a/
12 (12.6%)
/r/
8 (8.4%)
/i/
8 (8.4%)
/y/
7 (7.4%)
/t/
6 (6.3%)
/u/
5 (5.3%)
/h/
5 (5.3%)
/k/
4 (4.2%)
/j/
3 (3.2%)
/s/
3 (3.2%)
/f/
3 (3.2%)
/v/
3 (3.2%)
/q/
2 (2.1%)
/l/
2 (2.1%)
/d/
2 (2.1%)
/o/
2 (2.1%)
/b/
2 (2.1%)
/m/
1 (1.1%)
/z/
1 (1.1%)
/x/
1 (1.1%)
/n/
1 (1.1%)