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 (86 total tokens)
/i/
10 (11.6%)
/e/
8 (9.3%)
/u/
8 (9.3%)
/d/
7 (8.1%)
/n/
6 (7%)
/t/
6 (7%)
/a/
6 (7%)
/s/
5 (5.8%)
/k/
5 (5.8%)
/f/
4 (4.7%)
/ɹ/
4 (4.7%)
/o/
4 (4.7%)
/b/
3 (3.5%)
/v/
2 (2.3%)
/j/
2 (2.3%)
/p/
1 (1.2%)
/aʲ/
1 (1.2%)
/ã/
1 (1.2%)
/ɡ/
1 (1.2%)
/h/
1 (1.2%)
/m/
1 (1.2%)