Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
9 consonants
1 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | d | c | kg | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | · | · | · | h | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | j | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 42 transcribed dictionary entries (206 total tokens)
/a/
105 (51%)
/ba/
21 (10.2%)
/da/
18 (8.7%)
/ha/
15 (7.3%)
/kh/
11 (5.3%)
/j/
11 (5.3%)
/m/
9 (4.4%)
/na/
7 (3.4%)
/ch/
7 (3.4%)
/ca/
2 (1%)