Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | cɟ | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ɕʑ | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | ɯu |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 46 transcribed dictionary entries (202 total tokens)
/a/
16 (7.9%)
/ɛ/
15 (7.4%)
/r/
13 (6.4%)
/k/
13 (6.4%)
/y/
13 (6.4%)
/ɯ/
9 (4.5%)
/ɔ/
9 (4.5%)
/ɑ/
9 (4.5%)
/ɕ/
9 (4.5%)
/u/
8 (4%)
/n/
7 (3.5%)
/ʑ/
7 (3.5%)
/i/
7 (3.5%)
/t/
7 (3.5%)
/g/
7 (3.5%)
/d/
6 (3%)
/ə/
5 (2.5%)
/s/
5 (2.5%)
/ʥ/
4 (2%)
/b/
4 (2%)
/j/
4 (2%)
/l/
4 (2%)
/ɟ/
3 (1.5%)
/aː/
3 (1.5%)
/c/
2 (1%)
/v/
2 (1%)
/z/
2 (1%)
/m/
2 (1%)
/p/
2 (1%)
/ɔː/
1 (0.5%)