Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

18 consonants
8 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
x
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Mid·
ə
·
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ɔ
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 66 transcribed dictionary entries (249 total tokens)

/a/
40 (16.1%)
/ə/
30 (12%)
/d/
24 (9.6%)
/m/
18 (7.2%)
/k/
17 (6.8%)
/ɛ/
14 (5.6%)
/x/
14 (5.6%)
/n/
12 (4.8%)
/s/
10 (4%)
/v/
8 (3.2%)
/l/
8 (3.2%)
/i/
7 (2.8%)
/ɾ/
6 (2.4%)
/ʃ/
6 (2.4%)
/t/
6 (2.4%)
/ʒ/
5 (2%)
/u/
4 (1.6%)
/ɔ/
4 (1.6%)
/ej/
3 (1.2%)
/aj/
3 (1.2%)
/je/
2 (0.8%)
/jo/
2 (0.8%)
/ju/
2 (0.8%)
/g/
2 (0.8%)
/b/
2 (0.8%)