Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
10 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | c | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | r | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | sz | ɕʒ | ʂʐ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | ɘ | o |
| Open-mid | œ | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 15 transcribed dictionary entries (84 total tokens)
/ou/
10 (11.9%)
/ee/
9 (10.7%)
/a/
7 (8.3%)
/ʒ/
5 (6%)
/n/
5 (6%)
/g/
5 (6%)
/ty/
4 (4.8%)
/ka/
4 (4.8%)
/e/
4 (4.8%)
/r/
4 (4.8%)
/em/
3 (3.6%)
/æ/
2 (2.4%)
/ł/
2 (2.4%)
/ij/
2 (2.4%)
/wu/
2 (2.4%)
/d/
2 (2.4%)
/b/
2 (2.4%)
/u/
2 (2.4%)
/ew/
2 (2.4%)
/ɔ/
1 (1.2%)
/p/
1 (1.2%)
/s/
1 (1.2%)
/el/
1 (1.2%)
/ji/
1 (1.2%)
/je/
1 (1.2%)
/ze/
1 (1.2%)
/nj/
1 (1.2%)