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Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

19 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialDentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸ
θ
sz
·
ɣ
h
Approximant
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
··
Open-mid··
ɔ
Open··
ɑ

Syllable Structure

CV, CVV, CVC, CVCC

Phonological Rules

/s/ → [z] / V_V
/ɸ/ → [β] / V_V
/θ/ → [ð] / V_V
/b/ → [β] / V_V
/d/ → [ð] / V_V
/g/ → [ɣ] / V_V
/g/ → [j] / _V
/β/ → [ɸ] / _#
/ð/ → [θ] / _#
/z/ → [s] / _#

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 65 transcribed dictionary entries (342 total tokens)

/ɑ/
57 (16.7%)
/n/
36 (10.5%)
/ɑ̃/
25 (7.3%)
/r/
18 (5.3%)
/h/
16 (4.7%)
/t/
15 (4.4%)
/s/
15 (4.4%)
/e/
14 (4.1%)
/ɔː/
14 (4.1%)
/z/
13 (3.8%)
/i/
12 (3.5%)
/u/
12 (3.5%)
/j/
11 (3.2%)
/w/
10 (2.9%)
/b/
10 (2.9%)
/l/
9 (2.6%)
/θ/
8 (2.3%)
/k/
7 (2%)
/g/
7 (2%)
/d/
6 (1.8%)
/m/
4 (1.2%)
/ɸ/
4 (1.2%)
/uː/
3 (0.9%)
/ɑː/
3 (0.9%)
/iː/
3 (0.9%)
/ɣ/
3 (0.9%)
/eː/
2 (0.6%)
/ɔ̃/
1 (0.3%)
/ŋ/
1 (0.3%)
/ɔ/
1 (0.3%)
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