Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ɕʑ | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 14 transcribed dictionary entries (46 total tokens)
/ɾ/
8 (17.4%)
/a/
7 (15.2%)
/o/
5 (10.9%)
/e/
4 (8.7%)
/t/
4 (8.7%)
/s/
3 (6.5%)
/k/
3 (6.5%)
/v/
2 (4.3%)
/ʑ/
2 (4.3%)
/u/
2 (4.3%)
/n/
1 (2.2%)
/ɲ/
1 (2.2%)
/ɕ/
1 (2.2%)
/p/
1 (2.2%)
/b/
1 (2.2%)
/g/
1 (2.2%)