Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
26 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | xɣ | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | tsdz | · | tɕdʑ | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | ʎ | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | · | ɵ | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 39 transcribed dictionary entries (121 total tokens)
/ɔ/
13 (10.7%)
/a/
13 (10.7%)
/t̪/
9 (7.4%)
/tɕ/
8 (6.6%)
/ɛ/
8 (6.6%)
/k/
8 (6.6%)
/i/
8 (6.6%)
/b/
5 (4.1%)
/ʃ/
5 (4.1%)
/r/
4 (3.3%)
/jɛ/
4 (3.3%)
/n/
4 (3.3%)
/l/
3 (2.5%)
/s/
3 (2.5%)
/ʒ/
3 (2.5%)
/m/
3 (2.5%)
/j/
3 (2.5%)
/x/
2 (1.7%)
/jæ/
2 (1.7%)
/ɪ/
2 (1.7%)
/ts/
2 (1.7%)
/z/
1 (0.8%)
/æ/
1 (0.8%)
/p/
1 (0.8%)
/ju/
1 (0.8%)
/ɵ̆/
1 (0.8%)
/f/
1 (0.8%)
/u/
1 (0.8%)
/jɔ/
1 (0.8%)
/v/
1 (0.8%)