Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | c | kg | q | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | x | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 8 transcribed dictionary entries (32 total tokens)
/n/
4 (12.5%)
/e/
4 (12.5%)
/h/
3 (9.4%)
/a/
3 (9.4%)
/y/
3 (9.4%)
/i/
2 (6.3%)
/r/
2 (6.3%)
/o/
2 (6.3%)
/c/
1 (3.1%)
/d/
1 (3.1%)
/t/
1 (3.1%)
/l/
1 (3.1%)
/p/
1 (3.1%)
/b/
1 (3.1%)
/s/
1 (3.1%)
/u/
1 (3.1%)
/g/
1 (3.1%)