Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
14 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | t | · | k | q | ʔ | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | β | f | · | · | x | χ | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 33 transcribed dictionary entries (87 total tokens)
/n/
9 (10.3%)
/χ/
7 (8%)
/na/
5 (5.7%)
/kɒ/
5 (5.7%)
/tɒ/
4 (4.6%)
/xe/
3 (3.4%)
/ka/
3 (3.4%)
/nə/
3 (3.4%)
/kə/
3 (3.4%)
/nɔ/
3 (3.4%)
/ta/
3 (3.4%)
/mɒ/
3 (3.4%)
/pa/
3 (3.4%)
/xa/
2 (2.3%)
/fu/
2 (2.3%)
/ku/
2 (2.3%)
/ju/
2 (2.3%)
/βa/
2 (2.3%)
/fɒ/
2 (2.3%)
/qe/
2 (2.3%)
/βe/
2 (2.3%)
/ʔ/
2 (2.3%)
/mɔ/
2 (2.3%)
/xɒ/
1 (1.1%)
/xu/
1 (1.1%)
/xɔ/
1 (1.1%)
/ke/
1 (1.1%)
/pu/
1 (1.1%)
/jə/
1 (1.1%)
/fə/
1 (1.1%)