Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kɡ | q | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ⱱ | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | · | sz | ʒ | x | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 8 transcribed dictionary entries (27 total tokens)
/e/
6 (22.2%)
/a/
5 (18.5%)
/r/
3 (11.1%)
/i/
3 (11.1%)
/l/
3 (11.1%)
/m/
1 (3.7%)
/ʒ/
1 (3.7%)
/u/
1 (3.7%)
/n/
1 (3.7%)
/o/
1 (3.7%)
/s/
1 (3.7%)
/p/
1 (3.7%)