Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
26 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | · | ɟ | kg | ʔ | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | · | ŋ | · | |||||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θð | sz | ʃʑ | ʂʐ | · | · | h | |||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʉ | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 30 transcribed dictionary entries (159 total tokens)
/a/
28 (17.6%)
/i/
12 (7.5%)
/o/
11 (6.9%)
/ɛ/
10 (6.3%)
/m/
10 (6.3%)
/t/
8 (5%)
/n/
6 (3.8%)
/r/
6 (3.8%)
/e/
6 (3.8%)
/d/
6 (3.8%)
/s/
5 (3.1%)
/l/
5 (3.1%)
/j/
5 (3.1%)
/k/
4 (2.5%)
/v/
4 (2.5%)
/θ/
4 (2.5%)
/f/
3 (1.9%)
/z/
3 (1.9%)
/ŋ/
3 (1.9%)
/ð/
3 (1.9%)
/ʉ/
3 (1.9%)
/ʐ/
2 (1.3%)
/ʑ/
2 (1.3%)
/g/
2 (1.3%)
/b/
2 (1.3%)
/p/
2 (1.3%)
/ʔ/
1 (0.6%)
/ɟ/
1 (0.6%)
/ʂ/
1 (0.6%)
/h/
1 (0.6%)