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Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

17 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelarGlottal
Plosive
p
·
·
t
·
k
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
ŋ
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
Fricative
·
f
θ
s
ʃ
ʍ
h
Affricate
·
·
·
ts
tʃ
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
··
Open-mid
œ
·
ɔ
Open
a
··

Phonological Rules

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.

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 262 transcribed dictionary entries (1,046 total tokens)

/e/
137 (13.1%)
/a/
133 (12.7%)
/i/
115 (11%)
/l/
88 (8.4%)
/n/
86 (8.2%)
/y/
74 (7.1%)
/s/
61 (5.8%)
/t/
56 (5.4%)
/ɾ/
44 (4.2%)
/k/
35 (3.3%)
/u/
32 (3.1%)
/m/
29 (2.8%)
/p/
28 (2.7%)
/ɪ/
25 (2.4%)
/f/
22 (2.1%)
/θ/
21 (2%)
/h/
11 (1.1%)
/ø/
10 (1%)
/o/
9 (0.9%)
/ŋ/
6 (0.6%)
/j/
6 (0.6%)
/æ/
6 (0.6%)
/ʃ/
4 (0.4%)
/d/
2 (0.2%)
/b/
2 (0.2%)
/tʃ/
2 (0.2%)
/z/
1 (0.1%)
/dʒ/
1 (0.1%)