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Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

19 consonants
3 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
k
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
Fricative
ɸβ
fv
θ
sz
·
x
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
ɫ
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
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%)
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