Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

17 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
b
·
·
d
·
ʈ
·
k
ʔ
Nasal
m
ɱ
·
·
·
·
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
v
ð
z
ʃ
ʂ
çʝ
·
ɦ

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
ɨ
ɯ
Close-mid
e
··
Open-mid··
ɔ
Near-open
æ
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 59 transcribed dictionary entries (282 total tokens)

/æ/
92 (32.6%)
/ɦ/
31 (11%)
/r/
22 (7.8%)
/ʝ/
21 (7.4%)
//
19 (6.7%)
/ŋ/
19 (6.7%)
/ɔ/
19 (6.7%)
/ð/
13 (4.6%)
/ɨ/
10 (3.5%)
//
6 (2.1%)
/ɯ/
5 (1.8%)
//
5 (1.8%)
/ʃ/
5 (1.8%)
/çⁿ/
5 (1.8%)
/ʔ/
3 (1.1%)
//
2 (0.7%)
/ɱ/
2 (0.7%)
/ʈʷ/
2 (0.7%)
/ʂ/
1 (0.4%)