Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | x | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 52 transcribed dictionary entries (189 total tokens)
/a/
27 (14.3%)
/ə/
19 (10.1%)
/d/
18 (9.5%)
/m/
14 (7.4%)
/ɛ/
12 (6.3%)
/x/
12 (6.3%)
/n/
11 (5.8%)
/k/
10 (5.3%)
/s/
8 (4.2%)
/v/
8 (4.2%)
/i/
7 (3.7%)
/l/
6 (3.2%)
/t/
6 (3.2%)
/u/
5 (2.6%)
/ɾ/
4 (2.1%)
/ʃ/
4 (2.1%)
/ɔ/
4 (2.1%)
/ju/
3 (1.6%)
/ʒ/
3 (1.6%)
/ej/
3 (1.6%)
/je/
2 (1.1%)
/aj/
2 (1.1%)
/jo/
1 (0.5%)