Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

7 consonants
7 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialAlveolarRetroflexVelar
Plosive
·
t
ʈ
kg
Nasal
m
n
·
·
Fricative
·
s
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
ɯu
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open-mid
œ
··
Open·
ä
·

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 4 transcribed dictionary entries (12 total tokens)

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5 (41.7%)
/ä/
3 (25%)
/ʈ/
2 (16.7%)
/k/
1 (8.3%)
/i/
1 (8.3%)