Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
kg
ʔ
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θð
sz
ʃʒ
·
h
Lateral fricative
·
·
·
ɬɮ
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
w
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Mid·
ə
·
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 9 transcribed dictionary entries (47 total tokens)

/a/
11 (23.4%)
/e/
4 (8.5%)
/ə/
4 (8.5%)
/t/
4 (8.5%)
/m/
2 (4.3%)
/s/
2 (4.3%)
/θ/
2 (4.3%)
//
1 (2.1%)
//
1 (2.1%)
/ð/
1 (2.1%)
//
1 (2.1%)
/u/
1 (2.1%)
/ɬ/
1 (2.1%)
//
1 (2.1%)
/f/
1 (2.1%)
/ʔ/
1 (2.1%)
/ŋ/
1 (2.1%)
/v/
1 (2.1%)
/z/
1 (2.1%)
/b/
1 (2.1%)
/d/
1 (2.1%)
/i/
1 (2.1%)
/n/
1 (2.1%)
//
1 (2.1%)
//
1 (2.1%)