Sound inventory and phonological rules
| 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 | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | ɨ | ɯu |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | ɘ | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ | ɔ |
| Near-open | · | ɐ | · |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
(C)(C)V(C)Distribution of phonemes across 212 transcribed dictionary entries (891 total tokens)