Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

20 consonants
8 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
ɲ
·
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
f
θ
sz
ʃʒ
·
x
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
·
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Near-close
ɪ
·
ʊ
Mid
··
Open-mid··
ɔ
Open
a
·
ɑ

Syllable Structure

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

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 61 transcribed dictionary entries (298 total tokens)

/a/
50 (16.8%)
/r/
25 (8.4%)
/k/
24 (8.1%)
//
21 (7%)
/t/
17 (5.7%)
/d/
15 (5%)
/u/
15 (5%)
/s/
15 (5%)
/n/
12 (4%)
/i/
10 (3.4%)
/ɪ/
9 (3%)
/g/
9 (3%)
/w/
8 (2.7%)
/x/
8 (2.7%)
/ɔ/
7 (2.3%)
/l/
7 (2.3%)
/m/
7 (2.3%)
/b/
6 (2%)
/θ/
6 (2%)
/ʊ/
6 (2%)
/p/
5 (1.7%)
/z/
4 (1.3%)
/f/
3 (1%)
/ɑ/
3 (1%)
/ɲ/
2 (0.7%)
/h/
2 (0.7%)
/ʃ/
2 (0.7%)