Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

22 consonants
14 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kɡ
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
ŋ
·
Fricative
·
fv
θð
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
h
Approximant
·
·
·
ɹ
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Near-close
ɪ
·
ʊ
Close-mid
e
··
Mid·
ə
·
Open-mid
ɛ
ɜ
ʌɔ
Near-open
æ
··
Open
a
·
ɑɒ

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 7 transcribed dictionary entries (22 total tokens)

/ɹ/
2 (9.1%)
/ɛ/
2 (9.1%)
/j/
2 (9.1%)
/ɪ/
2 (9.1%)
/l/
2 (9.1%)
/d/
1 (4.5%)
/u/
1 (4.5%)
/ɡ/
1 (4.5%)
/i/
1 (4.5%)
/n/
1 (4.5%)
/ə/
1 (4.5%)
/ʊ/
1 (4.5%)
/w/
1 (4.5%)
/t/
1 (4.5%)
/b/
1 (4.5%)
/æ/
1 (4.5%)
/k/
1 (4.5%)