Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | · | · | t | · | k | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | f | θ | s | ʃ | ʍ | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | ts | tʃ | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | |||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Open-mid | œ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
The first syllable is always stressed. In a three syllable word, the third syllable is also stressed. In four syllable words and higher, the second to last syllable is stressed as well as the first. Consonants can geminate. Vowels can be lengthened.
Distribution of phonemes across 263 transcribed dictionary entries (1,088 total tokens)