Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
14 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | kg | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | |||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | v | z | · | h | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | w | · | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 25 transcribed dictionary entries (83 total tokens)
/n/
10 (12%)
/ɑ/
10 (12%)
/h/
8 (9.6%)
/i/
7 (8.4%)
/k/
7 (8.4%)
/t/
6 (7.2%)
/u/
6 (7.2%)
/jɑ/
5 (6%)
/e/
4 (4.8%)
/m/
3 (3.6%)
/p/
3 (3.6%)
/g/
3 (3.6%)
/w/
2 (2.4%)
/ju/
2 (2.4%)
/d/
2 (2.4%)
/r/
2 (2.4%)
/l/
1 (1.2%)
/jo/
1 (1.2%)
/v/
1 (1.2%)