Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

14 consonants
3 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
b
·
d
·
·
·
k
·
Nasal
m
ɱ
·
·
·
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
v
z
ʃ
ʂ
çʝ
·
ɦ

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close··
ɯ
Open-mid··
ɔ
Near-open
æ
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 29 transcribed dictionary entries (128 total tokens)

/æ/
45 (35.2%)
/r/
17 (13.3%)
/ɦ/
14 (10.9%)
/ɔ/
14 (10.9%)
/ŋ/
12 (9.4%)
/ʝ/
10 (7.8%)
//
5 (3.9%)
//
3 (2.3%)
/ç/
2 (1.6%)
/ʂ/
2 (1.6%)
/ɱ/
2 (1.6%)
/ʃ/
1 (0.8%)
/ɯ/
1 (0.8%)