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 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%)