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)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 11 transcribed dictionary entries (44 total tokens)
/ɔ/
8 (18.2%)
/a/
5 (11.4%)
/t/
4 (9.1%)
/g/
4 (9.1%)
/z/
3 (6.8%)
/s/
3 (6.8%)
/i/
3 (6.8%)
/u/
3 (6.8%)
/j/
3 (6.8%)
/ç/
2 (4.5%)
/ɸ/
2 (4.5%)
/x/
1 (2.3%)
/m/
1 (2.3%)
/b/
1 (2.3%)
/p/
1 (2.3%)