Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

12 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelarGlottal
Plosive
b
·
·
·
·
ʔ
Nasal
m
·
·
·
ŋ
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸ
·
·
ʃ
·
ɦ
Affricate
·
·
·
·
kx
·
Approximant
·
ʋ
·
·
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Mid
·
Open·
ä
·

Syllable Structure

(C)V(V)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 74 transcribed dictionary entries (248 total tokens)

//
32 (12.9%)
/u/
29 (11.7%)
/ä/
25 (10.1%)
/i/
25 (10.1%)
//
21 (8.5%)
/m/
15 (6%)
/l/
12 (4.8%)
//
11 (4.4%)
/äː/
9 (3.6%)
/ʋ/
8 (3.2%)
/b/
7 (2.8%)
//
7 (2.8%)
/ŋ/
7 (2.8%)
/ɸ/
6 (2.4%)
/ɦ/
6 (2.4%)
/ɾ/
5 (2%)
/ʃ/
5 (2%)
/ŋʷ/
5 (2%)
//
3 (1.2%)
/ʃʷ/
3 (1.2%)
//
2 (0.8%)
/ɾʷ/
2 (0.8%)
//
2 (0.8%)
/ɦʷ/
1 (0.4%)