Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
9 consonants
2 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | · | · | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 21 transcribed dictionary entries (105 total tokens)
/a/
25 (23.8%)
/e/
23 (21.9%)
/ba/
12 (11.4%)
/gh/
8 (7.6%)
/jh/
7 (6.7%)
/kh/
7 (6.7%)
/sʃ/
5 (4.8%)
/ga/
5 (4.8%)
/fa/
5 (4.8%)
/na/
4 (3.8%)
/o/
4 (3.8%)