Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

17 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
kɡ
·
Nasal
m
·
n
ɲ
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
·
·
h
Approximant
·
·
ɹ
j
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
··
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open-mid·
ɜ
ɔ
Open··
ɑ

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 3 transcribed dictionary entries (7 total tokens)

/e/
2 (28.6%)
/ɜ/
1 (14.3%)
/t/
1 (14.3%)
/o/
1 (14.3%)
/z/
1 (14.3%)
/h/
1 (14.3%)