Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
12 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | |||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ɾ | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | · | ʃ | ʂ | h | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
C(C)VPhonological Rules
/p/ → [p] /b/ → [b] /t/ → [t] /d/ → [d] /m/ → [m] /n/ → [n] /ɾ/ → [ɾ] /h/ → [h] /β/ → [β] /ɸ/ → [ɸ] /ʃ/ → [ʃ] /ʂ/ → [ʂ]
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 141 transcribed dictionary entries (638 total tokens)
/e/
78 (12.2%)
/a/
63 (9.9%)
/ɾ/
53 (8.3%)
/p/
51 (8%)
/i/
50 (7.8%)
/u/
46 (7.2%)
/t/
45 (7.1%)
/ɛ/
41 (6.4%)
/n/
35 (5.5%)
/h/
29 (4.5%)
/ə/
25 (3.9%)
/b/
25 (3.9%)
/ʂ/
21 (3.3%)
/β/
18 (2.8%)
/ɸ/
18 (2.8%)
/ʃ/
15 (2.4%)
/d/
13 (2%)
/m/
12 (1.9%)