Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

26 consonants
10 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
·
ʔ
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
xɣ
ʁ
h
Lateral fricative
·
·
ɬ
·
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
ɹ
·
j
w
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
ʟ
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
··
Near-close
ɪ
·
ʊ
Close-mid··
o
Mid·
ə
·
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ɔ
Near-open
æ
··
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 51 transcribed dictionary entries (266 total tokens)

/t/
28 (10.5%)
/ɛ/
26 (9.8%)
/n/
26 (9.8%)
/æ/
26 (9.8%)
//
14 (5.3%)
/i/
13 (4.9%)
/v/
12 (4.5%)
/h/
11 (4.1%)
/f/
10 (3.8%)
/l/
10 (3.8%)
/ɬ/
9 (3.4%)
/z/
9 (3.4%)
/k/
8 (3%)
/s/
7 (2.6%)
/j/
6 (2.3%)
/mj/
6 (2.3%)
/y/
5 (1.9%)
/w/
5 (1.9%)
/o/
5 (1.9%)
/ʃ/
5 (1.9%)
/ɹ/
4 (1.5%)
/ʔ/
4 (1.5%)
/xv/
3 (1.1%)
//
3 (1.1%)
/ɔː/
3 (1.1%)
/ʒ/
2 (0.8%)
/ʊ/
2 (0.8%)
/x/
2 (0.8%)
/ʊr/
1 (0.4%)
/ʁˤ/
1 (0.4%)