Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
c
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸβ
θð
sz
ʃ
·
x
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 5 transcribed dictionary entries (29 total tokens)

/t/
5 (17.2%)
/o/
4 (13.8%)
/i/
4 (13.8%)
/s/
3 (10.3%)
/h/
2 (6.9%)
/a/
2 (6.9%)
/l/
2 (6.9%)
/g/
2 (6.9%)
/m/
2 (6.9%)
/e/
2 (6.9%)
/k/
1 (3.4%)