Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | sz | ʃʒ | · | ɣ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | j | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 5 transcribed dictionary entries (27 total tokens)
/m/
3 (11.1%)
/k/
3 (11.1%)
/ʒ/
2 (7.4%)
/o/
2 (7.4%)
/t/
2 (7.4%)
/a/
2 (7.4%)
/d/
1 (3.7%)
/e/
1 (3.7%)
/ja/
1 (3.7%)
/z/
1 (3.7%)
/p/
1 (3.7%)
/jo/
1 (3.7%)
/s/
1 (3.7%)
/j/
1 (3.7%)
/u/
1 (3.7%)
/ɹ/
1 (3.7%)
/l/
1 (3.7%)
/n/
1 (3.7%)
/i/
1 (3.7%)