Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | · | kg | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θð | · | ʃ | · | · | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | · | · | tɕdʑ | · | · | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨʉ | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | · | o̞ |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 42 transcribed dictionary entries (189 total tokens)
/æ̠/
24 (12.7%)
/j/
16 (8.5%)
/o̞/
16 (8.5%)
/u/
14 (7.4%)
/h/
11 (5.8%)
/w/
11 (5.8%)
/i/
10 (5.3%)
/m/
9 (4.8%)
/ʉ/
9 (4.8%)
/ŋ/
8 (4.2%)
/ɨ/
7 (3.7%)
/e/
7 (3.7%)
/f/
6 (3.2%)
/v/
5 (2.6%)
/k/
5 (2.6%)
/θ/
5 (2.6%)
/ɪ/
5 (2.6%)
/bʷ/
3 (1.6%)
/g/
3 (1.6%)
/ŋ̥/
3 (1.6%)
/ʊ̈/
3 (1.6%)
/ʊ/
2 (1.1%)
/tˡ/
2 (1.1%)
/kˡ/
1 (0.5%)
/ɪ̈/
1 (0.5%)
/pʷ/
1 (0.5%)
/m̥/
1 (0.5%)
/ɛ/
1 (0.5%)