Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
14 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kg | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | |||||
| Fricative | · | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)VPhonological Rules
/i/ -> [j] / #_V /u/ -> [w] / #_V
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 68 transcribed dictionary entries (339 total tokens)
/i/
68 (20.1%)
/a/
57 (16.8%)
/n/
53 (15.6%)
/u/
42 (12.4%)
/s/
36 (10.6%)
/t/
14 (4.1%)
/e/
13 (3.8%)
/m/
13 (3.8%)
/k/
13 (3.8%)
/o/
10 (2.9%)
/b/
4 (1.2%)
/d/
4 (1.2%)
/p/
3 (0.9%)
/ŋ/
3 (0.9%)
/z/
2 (0.6%)
/ʃ/
2 (0.6%)
/ʒ/
2 (0.6%)