Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | t | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | ŋ | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃ | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral fricative | · | · | ɬ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | dz | · | · | kx | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | ɫ | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | ɨ | u |
| Mid | · | ə | o̞ |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
CVC, (V)CV(C), VCPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 126 transcribed dictionary entries (407 total tokens)
/k/
73 (17.9%)
/ɑ/
70 (17.2%)
/u/
38 (9.3%)
/r/
38 (9.3%)
/o̞/
32 (7.9%)
/g/
29 (7.1%)
/z/
20 (4.9%)
/i/
16 (3.9%)
/t/
13 (3.2%)
/tk/
12 (2.9%)
/h/
11 (2.7%)
/m/
10 (2.5%)
/ʃ/
9 (2.2%)
/ɫ/
9 (2.2%)
/j/
6 (1.5%)
/f/
6 (1.5%)
/e/
5 (1.2%)
/v/
3 (0.7%)
/tl/
3 (0.7%)
/n/
2 (0.5%)
/s/
2 (0.5%)