Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
9 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | · | d | · | ɢ | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | · | x | χ | h | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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%)