Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʒ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | · |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 20 transcribed dictionary entries (130 total tokens)
/b/
23 (17.7%)
/e/
19 (14.6%)
/n/
16 (12.3%)
/r/
14 (10.8%)
/i/
11 (8.5%)
/s/
11 (8.5%)
/t/
9 (6.9%)
/y/
8 (6.2%)
/m/
5 (3.8%)
/d/
5 (3.8%)
/l/
4 (3.1%)
/g/
1 (0.8%)
/v/
1 (0.8%)
/j/
1 (0.8%)
/iː/
1 (0.8%)
/h/
1 (0.8%)