Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | c | k | ʔ | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | ɱ | n | · | · | · | ŋ | · | ||||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | ʒ | · | ç | x | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | ɻ | · | w | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | ɯu |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 57 transcribed dictionary entries (244 total tokens)
/i/
68 (27.9%)
/x/
23 (9.4%)
/u/
19 (7.8%)
/t/
15 (6.1%)
/h/
15 (6.1%)
/m/
13 (5.3%)
/n/
12 (4.9%)
/e/
12 (4.9%)
/k/
10 (4.1%)
/d/
10 (4.1%)
/ç/
10 (4.1%)
/ɾ/
8 (3.3%)
/f/
6 (2.5%)
/o/
5 (2%)
/l/
5 (2%)
/ɯ/
3 (1.2%)
/cʔ/
3 (1.2%)
/w/
2 (0.8%)
/ɻ/
2 (0.8%)
/b/
1 (0.4%)
/y/
1 (0.4%)
/a/
1 (0.4%)