Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

15 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
f
s
·
·
h
Approximant
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

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

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 16 transcribed dictionary entries (63 total tokens)

/i/
11 (17.5%)
/s/
7 (11.1%)
/t/
7 (11.1%)
/o/
6 (9.5%)
/k/
5 (7.9%)
/j/
5 (7.9%)
/e/
4 (6.3%)
/n/
4 (6.3%)
/u/
4 (6.3%)
/r/
2 (3.2%)
/b/
2 (3.2%)
/d/
2 (3.2%)
/a/
2 (3.2%)
/p/
1 (1.6%)
/l/
1 (1.6%)