Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | · | kg | ʔ | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | ŋ | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | · | · | · | h | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | j | w | · | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | |||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
(C)V(N)/m/ → [Ṽ] (vowel) p → b | ʭ w → ɸ | h̪͆ u → ɯ
Distribution of phonemes across 152 transcribed dictionary entries (463 total tokens)