Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

16 consonants
8 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
Fricative
·
f
θ
s
x
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
·
u
Near-close
ɪ
··
Close-mid
e
·
o
Near-open
æ
··
Open··
ɑ

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 15 transcribed dictionary entries (74 total tokens)

/ɑ/
12 (16.2%)
/r/
9 (12.2%)
/n/
6 (8.1%)
/e/
6 (8.1%)
/l/
4 (5.4%)
/g/
4 (5.4%)
/d/
4 (5.4%)
/i/
4 (5.4%)
/f/
4 (5.4%)
/t/
3 (4.1%)
/h/
3 (4.1%)
/b/
3 (4.1%)
/ɑː/
2 (2.7%)
/m/
2 (2.7%)
//
2 (2.7%)
/æ/
1 (1.4%)
/o/
1 (1.4%)
/θ/
1 (1.4%)
/u/
1 (1.4%)
/x/
1 (1.4%)
/y/
1 (1.4%)