Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kɡ | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | ɲ | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 25 transcribed dictionary entries (98 total tokens)
/i/
12 (12.2%)
/u/
11 (11.2%)
/e/
9 (9.2%)
/t/
7 (7.1%)
/a/
7 (7.1%)
/n/
6 (6.1%)
/d/
6 (6.1%)
/ɹ/
6 (6.1%)
/s/
5 (5.1%)
/f/
4 (4.1%)
/o/
4 (4.1%)
/j/
4 (4.1%)
/k/
4 (4.1%)
/ɡ/
3 (3.1%)
/v/
2 (2%)
/p/
2 (2%)
/b/
2 (2%)
/h/
1 (1%)
/ɲ/
1 (1%)
/m/
1 (1%)
/aʲ/
1 (1%)