Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

13 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
kg
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
·
·
Fricative
·
f
s
ʃ
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 8 transcribed dictionary entries (31 total tokens)

/a/
6 (19.4%)
/o/
4 (12.9%)
/ʃ/
2 (6.5%)
/b/
2 (6.5%)
/e/
2 (6.5%)
/l/
2 (6.5%)
/n/
2 (6.5%)
/t/
1 (3.2%)
/u/
1 (3.2%)
//
1 (3.2%)
/ɾ/
1 (3.2%)
/s/
1 (3.2%)
//
1 (3.2%)
//
1 (3.2%)
/k/
1 (3.2%)
/p/
1 (3.2%)
//
1 (3.2%)
/f/
1 (3.2%)