Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
4 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | xɣ | hɦ | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tʃdʒ | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | · | ɯ |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 65 transcribed dictionary entries (210 total tokens)
/n/
17 (8.1%)
/ɑ/
16 (7.6%)
/ɪ/
13 (6.2%)
/k/
13 (6.2%)
/ɛ/
11 (5.2%)
/m/
10 (4.8%)
/ə̝/
10 (4.8%)
/ɯ/
8 (3.8%)
/d/
8 (3.8%)
/ʃ/
8 (3.8%)
/v/
7 (3.3%)
/h/
7 (3.3%)
/ʒ/
6 (2.9%)
/m̥/
6 (2.9%)
/z/
6 (2.9%)
/f/
6 (2.9%)
/t/
6 (2.9%)
/ɣ/
6 (2.9%)
/s/
6 (2.9%)
/x/
6 (2.9%)
/ɹɑ/
5 (2.4%)
/g/
5 (2.4%)
/ɹɯ/
4 (1.9%)
/n̥/
4 (1.9%)
/ɹɛ/
4 (1.9%)
/ɹɪ/
4 (1.9%)
/ɦ/
4 (1.9%)
/ɹ/
4 (1.9%)