Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
15 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | d | · | k | ɢ | ||||||
| Nasal | · | ɱ | · | ɳ | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ⱱ | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | · | · | χ | ||||||
| Lateral fricative | · | · | ɮ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | ɯ |
| Close-mid | · | ɘ | o |
| Open | · | ä | · |
Syllable Structure
CV, VC, CVC, VCC, CCV, VCV, CVCV, CCVC, CVCC, CVCV, VCVC, VCCV, Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 29 transcribed dictionary entries (88 total tokens)
/ä/
14 (15.9%)
/ɯ/
8 (9.1%)
/s/
7 (8%)
/d/
7 (8%)
/ɘ/
7 (8%)
/ⱱ/
6 (6.8%)
/ɱ/
6 (6.8%)
/i/
5 (5.7%)
/o/
4 (4.5%)
/k/
4 (4.5%)
/ɮ/
4 (4.5%)
/ks/
3 (3.4%)
/p/
2 (2.3%)
/b/
2 (2.3%)
/χ/
2 (2.3%)
/ɾ/
2 (2.3%)
/f/
2 (2.3%)
/ɳ/
1 (1.1%)
/ɢ/
1 (1.1%)
/l/
1 (1.1%)