Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
13 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | |||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | ʃ | · | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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%)
/tʰ/
1 (3.2%)
/ɾ/
1 (3.2%)
/s/
1 (3.2%)
/kʰ/
1 (3.2%)
/oː/
1 (3.2%)
/k/
1 (3.2%)
/p/
1 (3.2%)
/pʰ/
1 (3.2%)
/f/
1 (3.2%)