Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | k | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | fv | θ | sz | · | x | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | ɫ | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phonological Rules
/l/ → [r] / ɫV_
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 29 transcribed dictionary entries (113 total tokens)
/a/
26 (23%)
/i/
18 (15.9%)
/u/
12 (10.6%)
/r/
6 (5.3%)
/v/
5 (4.4%)
/n/
5 (4.4%)
/s/
4 (3.5%)
/l/
4 (3.5%)
/k/
4 (3.5%)
/m/
4 (3.5%)
/θ/
4 (3.5%)
/iː/
3 (2.7%)
/p/
2 (1.8%)
/ɫ/
2 (1.8%)
/b/
2 (1.8%)
/x/
2 (1.8%)
/ɸ/
2 (1.8%)
/t/
1 (0.9%)
/uː/
1 (0.9%)
/z/
1 (0.9%)
/β/
1 (0.9%)
/sː/
1 (0.9%)
/aː/
1 (0.9%)
/d/
1 (0.9%)
/j/
1 (0.9%)