Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

17 consonants
4 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
b
·
td
·
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
f
sz
ʒ
·
ɣ
h
Approximant
·
·
ɹ
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
··
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 7 transcribed dictionary entries (36 total tokens)

/k/
6 (16.7%)
/i/
6 (16.7%)
/a/
4 (11.1%)
/en/
4 (11.1%)
/b/
3 (8.3%)
/t/
3 (8.3%)
/ɹ/
2 (5.6%)
/n/
2 (5.6%)
/d/
2 (5.6%)
/an/
1 (2.8%)
/un/
1 (2.8%)
/j/
1 (2.8%)
/u/
1 (2.8%)