Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
8 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | t | kg | ʔ | ||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | h | ||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phonological Rules
/t/ → [tʃ] / _i /b/ → [m] / #_ /g/ → [n] / #_ /s/ → [ʃ] / _i
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 14 transcribed dictionary entries (27 total tokens)
/h/
7 (25.9%)
/ʔ/
7 (25.9%)
/p/
5 (18.5%)
/t/
3 (11.1%)
/k/
2 (7.4%)
/b/
1 (3.7%)
/s/
1 (3.7%)
/o/
1 (3.7%)