Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tap/Flap | · | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | f | θð | z | ʃʒ | çʝ | ɣ | h | ||||||||
| Lateral fricative | · | · | · | ɬɮ | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | ʋ | · | ɹ | · | j | w | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | · |
| Near-close | ʏ | · | · |
| Close-mid | ø | · | · |
| Mid | e̞ | · | · |
| Open-mid | · | ɜ | · |
| Open | ɶ | ä | · |
Syllable Structure
C(C)V(V)C(V)(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 9 transcribed dictionary entries (33 total tokens)
/ɹ/
6 (18.2%)
/ä/
5 (15.2%)
/ɨ/
3 (9.1%)
/ʝ/
2 (6.1%)
/ç/
2 (6.1%)
/ɜ/
2 (6.1%)
/ɸ/
2 (6.1%)
/i/
2 (6.1%)
/ø/
2 (6.1%)
/β/
1 (3%)
/ɾ/
1 (3%)
/l/
1 (3%)
/ɣ/
1 (3%)
/e̞/
1 (3%)
/ʋ/
1 (3%)
/z/
1 (3%)