Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | q | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | ŋ | · | · | ||||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | f | sz | ʃʒ | · | x | · | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 80 transcribed dictionary entries (391 total tokens)
/a/
59 (15.1%)
/t/
22 (5.6%)
/m/
20 (5.1%)
/i/
19 (4.9%)
/u/
19 (4.9%)
/k/
18 (4.6%)
/n/
17 (4.3%)
/s/
17 (4.3%)
/e/
15 (3.8%)
/r/
14 (3.6%)
/ã/
13 (3.3%)
/o/
13 (3.3%)
/ʒ/
13 (3.3%)
/d/
11 (2.8%)
/q/
10 (2.6%)
/tʰ/
10 (2.6%)
/aː/
10 (2.6%)
/l/
8 (2%)
/p/
7 (1.8%)
/ẽ/
7 (1.8%)
/w/
6 (1.5%)
/eː/
6 (1.5%)
/g/
6 (1.5%)
/b/
6 (1.5%)
/kʰ/
6 (1.5%)
/õ/
6 (1.5%)
/f/
5 (1.3%)
/iː/
4 (1%)
/j/
4 (1%)
/ɸ/
4 (1%)