Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
13 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | td | · | kg | ||||
| Nasal | · | n | · | ŋ | ||||
| Trill | · | r | · | · | ||||
| Fricative | θð | s | ʃ | · | ||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | 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 149 transcribed dictionary entries (442 total tokens)
/e/
60 (13.6%)
/a/
51 (11.5%)
/n/
51 (11.5%)
/s/
39 (8.8%)
/r/
30 (6.8%)
/l/
28 (6.3%)
/t/
27 (6.1%)
/o/
26 (5.9%)
/d/
24 (5.4%)
/k/
19 (4.3%)
/u/
18 (4.1%)
/y/
14 (3.2%)
/ʃ/
12 (2.7%)
/i/
10 (2.3%)
/ai/
9 (2%)
/ð/
5 (1.1%)
/g/
4 (0.9%)
/oi/
3 (0.7%)
/ei/
3 (0.7%)
/ŋ/
3 (0.7%)
/θ/
3 (0.7%)
/w/
2 (0.5%)
/au/
1 (0.2%)