Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kɡ | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | ɲ | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 20 transcribed dictionary entries (79 total tokens)
/i/
11 (13.9%)
/u/
8 (10.1%)
/n/
7 (8.9%)
/d/
7 (8.9%)
/f/
6 (7.6%)
/a/
6 (7.6%)
/t/
5 (6.3%)
/s/
5 (6.3%)
/e/
5 (6.3%)
/ɹ/
5 (6.3%)
/j/
3 (3.8%)
/ɡ/
2 (2.5%)
/p/
2 (2.5%)
/o/
1 (1.3%)
/ɨ/
1 (1.3%)
/m/
1 (1.3%)
/k/
1 (1.3%)
/h/
1 (1.3%)
/z/
1 (1.3%)
/aʲ/
1 (1.3%)