Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | ɣ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | · | ɐ | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 153 transcribed dictionary entries (722 total tokens)
/a/
96 (13.3%)
/k/
50 (6.9%)
/ɛ/
47 (6.5%)
/t/
46 (6.4%)
/ɔ/
44 (6.1%)
/d/
43 (6%)
/ʃ/
35 (4.8%)
/r/
34 (4.7%)
/n/
32 (4.4%)
/u/
28 (3.9%)
/ɐ/
25 (3.5%)
/ɪ/
25 (3.5%)
/s/
25 (3.5%)
/i/
21 (2.9%)
/m/
18 (2.5%)
/v/
18 (2.5%)
/l/
16 (2.2%)
/ʊ/
15 (2.1%)
/z/
14 (1.9%)
/g/
14 (1.9%)
/ʒ/
12 (1.7%)
/j/
12 (1.7%)
/b/
10 (1.4%)
/f/
8 (1.1%)
/w/
8 (1.1%)
/aː/
6 (0.8%)
/p/
6 (0.8%)
/ɔː/
3 (0.4%)
/ɛː/
3 (0.4%)
/ɐː/
3 (0.4%)