Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | c | kg | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | ɸ | sz | ç | x | h | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | j | · | · | |||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
(C)(C)V(C)(C)/t/ → [c] / _c /t/ → [c] / _ċ /t/ → [c] / c_ /t/ → [c] / ċ_ /h/ → [ʰ] / C_
Distribution of phonemes across 76 transcribed dictionary entries (235 total tokens)