Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

21 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
h
Affricate
·
·
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 94 transcribed dictionary entries (493 total tokens)

/a/
124 (25.2%)
/i/
64 (13%)
/o/
42 (8.5%)
/s/
28 (5.7%)
/l/
27 (5.5%)
/k/
26 (5.3%)
/r/
25 (5.1%)
/n/
18 (3.7%)
/p/
17 (3.4%)
/d/
15 (3%)
/m/
15 (3%)
/t/
15 (3%)
/b/
14 (2.8%)
/w/
12 (2.4%)
/f/
9 (1.8%)
/e/
9 (1.8%)
/u/
9 (1.8%)
/j/
6 (1.2%)
/h/
5 (1%)
/g/
5 (1%)
//
3 (0.6%)
//
3 (0.6%)
/v/
2 (0.4%)