Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | ʔ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | h | ||||||
| Lateral fricative | · | · | ɬɮ | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 63 transcribed dictionary entries (319 total tokens)
/a/
44 (13.8%)
/t/
30 (9.4%)
/e/
30 (9.4%)
/o/
22 (6.9%)
/i/
21 (6.6%)
/u/
17 (5.3%)
/s/
16 (5%)
/m/
16 (5%)
/ə/
13 (4.1%)
/k/
11 (3.4%)
/p/
10 (3.1%)
/n/
10 (3.1%)
/kʼ/
9 (2.8%)
/r/
8 (2.5%)
/ɬ/
8 (2.5%)
/β/
7 (2.2%)
/ŋ/
7 (2.2%)
/b/
6 (1.9%)
/d/
6 (1.9%)
/d̪/
5 (1.6%)
/f/
5 (1.6%)
/tʼ/
4 (1.3%)
/t̪/
3 (0.9%)
/v/
3 (0.9%)
/g/
3 (0.9%)
/ʔ/
2 (0.6%)
/z/
1 (0.3%)
/ɸ/
1 (0.3%)
/ɮ/
1 (0.3%)