Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
8 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | · | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | h | ||||
| Approximant | · | ɹ | · | · | ||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
Syllable Structure
CVPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 26 transcribed dictionary entries (100 total tokens)
/ə/
26 (26%)
/i/
12 (12%)
/u/
12 (12%)
/t/
11 (11%)
/p/
9 (9%)
/h/
9 (9%)
/m/
8 (8%)
/ɹ/
5 (5%)
/k/
4 (4%)
/s/
3 (3%)
/n/
1 (1%)