Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tʃdʒ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 41 transcribed dictionary entries (178 total tokens)
/a/
35 (19.7%)
/i/
35 (19.7%)
/o/
17 (9.6%)
/r/
14 (7.9%)
/s/
12 (6.7%)
/b/
9 (5.1%)
/w/
8 (4.5%)
/l/
8 (4.5%)
/m/
7 (3.9%)
/h/
5 (2.8%)
/t/
5 (2.8%)
/d/
4 (2.2%)
/g/
4 (2.2%)
/j/
3 (1.7%)
/n/
3 (1.7%)
/k/
3 (1.7%)
/f/
2 (1.1%)
/tʃ/
1 (0.6%)
/v/
1 (0.6%)
/dʒ/
1 (0.6%)
/p/
1 (0.6%)