Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
6 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | |||
| Nasal | m | · | · | |||
| Fricative | · | s | · | |||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | |||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 21 transcribed dictionary entries (43 total tokens)
/mi/
6 (14%)
/ta/
6 (14%)
/i/
5 (11.6%)
/a/
3 (7%)
/ka/
3 (7%)
/pu/
3 (7%)
/ma/
3 (7%)
/lu/
3 (7%)
/pi/
2 (4.7%)
/tu/
2 (4.7%)
/li/
2 (4.7%)
/ki/
2 (4.7%)
/su/
2 (4.7%)
/ti/
1 (2.3%)