Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
12 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | kɡ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | · | |||
| Trill | · | r | · | |||
| Fricative | · | s | x | |||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | |||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | · | ä | · |
Syllable Structure
CVPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 114 transcribed dictionary entries (410 total tokens)
/ä/
45 (11%)
/o/
29 (7.1%)
/e/
28 (6.8%)
/i/
23 (5.6%)
/s/
21 (5.1%)
/k/
20 (4.9%)
/g/
17 (4.1%)
/x/
16 (3.9%)
/l/
16 (3.9%)
/m/
16 (3.9%)
/n/
15 (3.7%)
/t/
15 (3.7%)
/äi/
13 (3.2%)
/d/
12 (2.9%)
/p/
12 (2.9%)
/u/
12 (2.9%)
/b/
11 (2.7%)
/r/
10 (2.4%)
/jo/
9 (2.2%)
/jä/
9 (2.2%)
/oː/
9 (2.2%)
/je/
6 (1.5%)
/uː/
5 (1.2%)
/wi/
5 (1.2%)
/äː/
5 (1.2%)
/iː/
5 (1.2%)
/oi/
5 (1.2%)
/eː/
4 (1%)
/äu/
4 (1%)
/ju/
4 (1%)