Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
10 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | f | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tʃdʒ | tɕ | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | eø | · | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ʌ |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 5 transcribed dictionary entries (12 total tokens)
/a:/
3 (25%)
/z/
1 (8.3%)
/f/
1 (8.3%)
/s/
1 (8.3%)
/t/
1 (8.3%)
/i:/
1 (8.3%)
/ø:/
1 (8.3%)
/d/
1 (8.3%)
/ʊ/
1 (8.3%)
/dʒ/
1 (8.3%)