Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | d | · | kg | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | · | · | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | |||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
CVDistribution of phonemes across 396 transcribed dictionary entries (2,385 total tokens)