Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | c | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | · | hɦ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 23 transcribed dictionary entries (118 total tokens)
/a/
24 (20.3%)
/e/
12 (10.2%)
/m/
9 (7.6%)
/t/
8 (6.8%)
/o/
7 (5.9%)
/r/
6 (5.1%)
/k/
6 (5.1%)
/b/
5 (4.2%)
/n/
5 (4.2%)
/h/
4 (3.4%)
/l/
4 (3.4%)
/d/
4 (3.4%)
/ø/
3 (2.5%)
/ə/
3 (2.5%)
/sh/
3 (2.5%)
/y/
2 (1.7%)
/oo/
2 (1.7%)
/ch/
2 (1.7%)
/j/
2 (1.7%)
/i/
1 (0.8%)
/kw/
1 (0.8%)
/s/
1 (0.8%)
/v/
1 (0.8%)
/f/
1 (0.8%)
/g/
1 (0.8%)
/z/
1 (0.8%)