Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
10 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | d | · | kg | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | · | · | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
CVPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 134 transcribed dictionary entries (579 total tokens)
/ɑ/
94 (16.2%)
/oʊ/
81 (14%)
/æ/
71 (12.3%)
/g/
51 (8.8%)
/k/
45 (7.8%)
/v/
35 (6%)
/aɪ/
34 (5.9%)
/n/
34 (5.9%)
/f/
33 (5.7%)
/d/
28 (4.8%)
/w/
23 (4%)
/m/
21 (3.6%)
/s/
10 (1.7%)
/u/
10 (1.7%)
/j/
9 (1.6%)