Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | · | kg | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | ɲ | · | · | ||||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | ð | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | χ | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | ʎ | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 250 transcribed dictionary entries (904 total tokens)
/ɑ/
137 (15.2%)
/ɛ/
94 (10.4%)
/d/
55 (6.1%)
/n/
53 (5.9%)
/g/
43 (4.8%)
/u/
42 (4.6%)
/r/
39 (4.3%)
/o/
39 (4.3%)
/i/
35 (3.9%)
/v/
34 (3.8%)
/b/
33 (3.7%)
/j/
30 (3.3%)
/ə/
29 (3.2%)
/l/
24 (2.7%)
/t/
22 (2.4%)
/χ/
22 (2.4%)
/ʃ/
22 (2.4%)
/m/
21 (2.3%)
/ð/
18 (2%)
/k/
18 (2%)
/s/
17 (1.9%)
/p/
17 (1.9%)
/z/
16 (1.8%)
/ʎ/
15 (1.7%)
/tj/
10 (1.1%)
/f/
8 (0.9%)
/ʒ/
7 (0.8%)
/ɲ/
4 (0.4%)