Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
15 consonants
4 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | c | kg | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | ɸ | sz | ç | x | h | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | j | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)(C)Phonological Rules
/t/ → [c] / _c /t/ → [c] / _ċ /t/ → [c] / c_ /t/ → [c] / ċ_ /h/ → [ʰ] / C_
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 31 transcribed dictionary entries (97 total tokens)
/a/
12 (12.4%)
/t/
11 (11.3%)
/ç/
7 (7.2%)
/ɔː/
6 (6.2%)
/g/
6 (6.2%)
/aː/
6 (6.2%)
/i/
5 (5.2%)
/z/
5 (5.2%)
/ɔ/
5 (5.2%)
/s/
4 (4.1%)
/x/
4 (4.1%)
/ɸ/
4 (4.1%)
/u/
4 (4.1%)
/b/
4 (4.1%)
/j/
4 (4.1%)
/iː/
2 (2.1%)
/uː/
2 (2.1%)
/k/
2 (2.1%)
/m/
1 (1%)
/p/
1 (1%)
/h/
1 (1%)
/d/
1 (1%)