Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

21 consonants
8 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
·
kg
q
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
x
·
h
Approximant
·
·
ɹ
·
·
j
w
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
·
ɭ
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Near-close
ɪ
·
ʊ
Close-mid
e
·
o
Mid·
ə
·
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 13 transcribed dictionary entries (77 total tokens)

/a/
15 (19.5%)
/ɹ/
8 (10.4%)
/n/
8 (10.4%)
/o/
8 (10.4%)
/e/
7 (9.1%)
/i/
6 (7.8%)
/ɭ/
4 (5.2%)
/v/
4 (5.2%)
/k/
3 (3.9%)
/s/
3 (3.9%)
//
2 (2.6%)
/ʃ/
2 (2.6%)
/d/
2 (2.6%)
/j/
2 (2.6%)
/ju/
1 (1.3%)
/p/
1 (1.3%)
/t/
1 (1.3%)