Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
14 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kɡ | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | ð | sz | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 30 transcribed dictionary entries (54 total tokens)
/ð/
6 (11.1%)
/o/
6 (11.1%)
/t/
6 (11.1%)
/a/
6 (11.1%)
/h/
5 (9.3%)
/d/
4 (7.4%)
/j/
3 (5.6%)
/i/
3 (5.6%)
/ɡ/
3 (5.6%)
/ɛ/
3 (5.6%)
/n/
3 (5.6%)
/s/
2 (3.7%)
/k/
2 (3.7%)
/p/
1 (1.9%)
/m/
1 (1.9%)