Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kg | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ʃ | · | · | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | |||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | · | ɔ |
| Open | · | ä | · |
(C)V(C)Distribution of phonemes across 17 transcribed dictionary entries (42 total tokens)