Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

22 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
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

HeightFrontCentralBack
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%)
//
10 (2.6%)
//
10 (2.6%)
/l/
8 (2%)
/p/
7 (1.8%)
//
7 (1.8%)
/w/
6 (1.5%)
//
6 (1.5%)
/g/
6 (1.5%)
/b/
6 (1.5%)
//
6 (1.5%)
/õ/
6 (1.5%)
/f/
5 (1.3%)
//
4 (1%)
/j/
4 (1%)
/ɸ/
4 (1%)