Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

17 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
kg
Nasal
m
·
n
ŋ
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
xɣ
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·

Vowel Inventory

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

Syllable Structure

(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)

Phonological Rules

/s/ --> [z] / #_
/f/ --> [v] / #_
/x/ --> [γ] / #_
/e/ --> [i] / _#
/o/ --> [u] / _#
/l/ --> [ɾ] / V_V
/n/ --> [ŋ] / _#

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 19 transcribed dictionary entries (86 total tokens)

/a/
15 (17.4%)
/t/
11 (12.8%)
/k/
9 (10.5%)
/s/
8 (9.3%)
/u/
7 (8.1%)
/i/
7 (8.1%)
/ɾ/
7 (8.1%)
/g/
4 (4.7%)
/o/
4 (4.7%)
/e/
4 (4.7%)
/n/
4 (4.7%)
/x/
2 (2.3%)
/aː/
2 (2.3%)
/ɣ/
1 (1.2%)
/m/
1 (1.2%)