Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | |||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ɾ | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | · | ʃ | ʂ | h | |||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
C(C)V/p/ → [p] /b/ → [b] /t/ → [t] /d/ → [d] /m/ → [m] /n/ → [n] /ɾ/ → [ɾ] /h/ → [h] /β/ → [β] /ɸ/ → [ɸ] /ʃ/ → [ʃ] /ʂ/ → [ʂ]
Distribution of phonemes across 141 transcribed dictionary entries (638 total tokens)