Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | ʁ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | · | ɘ | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | · | ä | · |
(C)(C)V(C)(C)/i/ → [j] / _V /i/ → [j] / V_ /lʲ/ → [l] / _ä /lʲ/ → [l] / _ɔ /lʲ/ → [l] / _u /lʲ/ → [l] / _ɘ
Distribution of phonemes across 104 transcribed dictionary entries (419 total tokens)