Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | x | h | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 112 transcribed dictionary entries (373 total tokens)
/i/
48 (12.9%)
/ɛ/
34 (9.1%)
/l/
31 (8.3%)
/a/
29 (7.8%)
/r/
25 (6.7%)
/s/
25 (6.7%)
/n/
25 (6.7%)
/ə/
23 (6.2%)
/v/
19 (5.1%)
/m/
16 (4.3%)
/k/
14 (3.8%)
/h/
14 (3.8%)
/ɔ/
11 (2.9%)
/f/
11 (2.9%)
/p/
9 (2.4%)
/u/
9 (2.4%)
/x/
9 (2.4%)
/z/
8 (2.1%)
/g/
5 (1.3%)
/d/
4 (1.1%)
/b/
2 (0.5%)
/t/
2 (0.5%)