Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

11 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelar
Plosive
p
·
td
·
k
Nasal
m
·
·
·
ŋ
Fricative
·
f
s
ʒ
·
Approximant
·
·
ɹ
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Phonological Rules

/p/->[b]/V_V

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 11 transcribed dictionary entries (18 total tokens)

/a/
4 (22.2%)
/e/
3 (16.7%)
/o/
3 (16.7%)
/s/
2 (11.1%)
/i/
1 (5.6%)
/ŋ/
1 (5.6%)
/m/
1 (5.6%)
/k/
1 (5.6%)
/u/
1 (5.6%)
/l/
1 (5.6%)