Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
14 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | r | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | sz | ʃʒ | · | x | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | ɨ | ɯu |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 16 transcribed dictionary entries (50 total tokens)
/l/
4 (8%)
/r/
3 (6%)
/m/
3 (6%)
/d/
3 (6%)
/ʒ/
3 (6%)
/i/
2 (4%)
/a/
2 (4%)
/j/
2 (4%)
/e/
2 (4%)
/kˠ/
2 (4%)
/ɛ/
2 (4%)
/ə/
2 (4%)
/o/
2 (4%)
/ʃˠ/
2 (4%)
/y/
2 (4%)
/pˠ/
2 (4%)
/b/
1 (2%)
/xˠ/
1 (2%)
/u/
1 (2%)
/g/
1 (2%)
/ʊ/
1 (2%)
/ɨ/
1 (2%)
/ɪ/
1 (2%)
/ɑ/
1 (2%)
/sˠ/
1 (2%)
/n/
1 (2%)
/ɔ/
1 (2%)
/wʊ/
1 (2%)