Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | sz | ɕʑ | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(n)Phonological Rules
/h/ > [ç] / _i /n/ > [ŋ] / _k /n/ > [ŋ] / _g
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 120 transcribed dictionary entries (657 total tokens)
/a/
104 (15.8%)
/i/
79 (12%)
/e/
69 (10.5%)
/m/
61 (9.3%)
/o/
49 (7.5%)
/t/
48 (7.3%)
/ɾ/
45 (6.8%)
/u/
43 (6.5%)
/n/
28 (4.3%)
/k/
28 (4.3%)
/w/
22 (3.3%)
/s/
15 (2.3%)
/ɸ/
13 (2%)
/ɕ/
13 (2%)
/j/
11 (1.7%)
/p/
9 (1.4%)
/g/
7 (1.1%)
/h/
5 (0.8%)
/b/
2 (0.3%)
/d/
2 (0.3%)
/ʑ/
2 (0.3%)
/ŋ/
1 (0.2%)
/z/
1 (0.2%)