Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
12 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | kɡ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | · | |||
| Trill | · | r | · | |||
| Fricative | · | s | x | |||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | |||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | · | ä | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)VCPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 53 transcribed dictionary entries (197 total tokens)
/ä/
33 (16.8%)
/k/
19 (9.6%)
/o/
18 (9.1%)
/p/
11 (5.6%)
/i/
10 (5.1%)
/e/
10 (5.1%)
/t/
9 (4.6%)
/s/
8 (4.1%)
/l/
8 (4.1%)
/eː/
7 (3.6%)
/b/
7 (3.6%)
/g/
6 (3%)
/m/
6 (3%)
/n/
5 (2.5%)
/d/
5 (2.5%)
/u/
5 (2.5%)
/r/
4 (2%)
/x/
4 (2%)
/oː/
3 (1.5%)
/äː/
3 (1.5%)
/jo/
3 (1.5%)
/ei/
2 (1%)
/oi/
2 (1%)
/äi/
2 (1%)
/äu/
2 (1%)
/wä/
1 (0.5%)
/eu/
1 (0.5%)
/wi/
1 (0.5%)
/jä/
1 (0.5%)
/ju/
1 (0.5%)