Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

9 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
b
·
d
·
ɢ
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Fricative
·
f
·
x
χ
h

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close··
u
Near-close
ɪʏ
··
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 17 transcribed dictionary entries (54 total tokens)

/a/
11 (20.4%)
/e/
10 (18.5%)
/ɪ/
8 (14.8%)
/ʏ/
5 (9.3%)
/ɢ/
4 (7.4%)
/fe/
3 (5.6%)
/n/
3 (5.6%)
/u/
2 (3.7%)
/m/
2 (3.7%)
/χh/
2 (3.7%)
/b/
2 (3.7%)
/d/
1 (1.9%)
/x/
1 (1.9%)