Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | ʈɖ | · | kg | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | |||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ɾ | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | sz | · | · | xɣ | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 239 transcribed dictionary entries (1,172 total tokens)
/a/
236 (20.1%)
/s/
140 (11.9%)
/i/
131 (11.2%)
/x/
84 (7.2%)
/ɾ/
72 (6.1%)
/n/
64 (5.5%)
/u/
62 (5.3%)
/l/
47 (4%)
/m/
46 (3.9%)
/k/
44 (3.8%)
/g/
38 (3.2%)
/t/
35 (3%)
/w/
27 (2.3%)
/ʦ/
23 (2%)
/ɖ/
23 (2%)
/ɣ/
21 (1.8%)
/aː/
15 (1.3%)
/p/
15 (1.3%)
/ʈ/
12 (1%)
/j/
12 (1%)
/d/
11 (0.9%)
/z/
5 (0.4%)
/b/
5 (0.4%)
/ʣ/
4 (0.3%)