Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kɡ | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | ɲ | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 14 transcribed dictionary entries (45 total tokens)
/e/
6 (13.3%)
/a/
6 (13.3%)
/o/
4 (8.9%)
/ɹ/
4 (8.9%)
/m/
4 (8.9%)
/k/
3 (6.7%)
/s/
3 (6.7%)
/u/
3 (6.7%)
/i/
3 (6.7%)
/t/
2 (4.4%)
/n/
2 (4.4%)
/kʷ/
1 (2.2%)
/f/
1 (2.2%)
/b/
1 (2.2%)
/aʲ/
1 (2.2%)
/j/
1 (2.2%)