Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

21 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kg
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
ɲ
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θ
sz
ʃʒ
·
x
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
j
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
ʎ
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Near-close
ɪ
··
Close-mid··
o
Open-mid
ɛ
··
Open··
ɑ

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 110 transcribed dictionary entries (415 total tokens)

/ɛ/
61 (14.7%)
/ɑ/
51 (12.3%)
/n/
36 (8.7%)
/r/
29 (7%)
//
24 (5.8%)
/g/
21 (5.1%)
/o/
21 (5.1%)
/b/
20 (4.8%)
/u/
19 (4.6%)
/i/
17 (4.1%)
//
17 (4.1%)
/j/
13 (3.1%)
/v/
12 (2.9%)
/t/
11 (2.7%)
/s/
11 (2.7%)
/m/
11 (2.7%)
/ʃ/
10 (2.4%)
/ʎ/
8 (1.9%)
/k/
7 (1.7%)
/x/
5 (1.2%)
/z/
4 (1%)
/ʒ/
2 (0.5%)
/ɲ/
2 (0.5%)
/p/
2 (0.5%)
/f/
1 (0.2%)