Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

19 consonants
8 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
x
Affricate
·
·
ts
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
ɫ
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
··
Near-close
ɪ
··
Close-mid
e
·
o
Mid·
ə
·
Open-mid
ɛ
··
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 21 transcribed dictionary entries (140 total tokens)

/o/
17 (12.1%)
/t/
11 (7.9%)
/n/
11 (7.9%)
/ɫ/
10 (7.1%)
/k/
9 (6.4%)
/ɪ/
9 (6.4%)
/d/
9 (6.4%)
/i/
7 (5%)
/je/
7 (5%)
/a/
6 (4.3%)
//
6 (4.3%)
/ʃ/
5 (3.6%)
/p/
5 (3.6%)
/y/
5 (3.6%)
/s/
5 (3.6%)
/z/
5 (3.6%)
/v/
3 (2.1%)
/r/
3 (2.1%)
/ʒ/
2 (1.4%)
/m/
1 (0.7%)
/f/
1 (0.7%)
/j/
1 (0.7%)
/x/
1 (0.7%)
/b/
1 (0.7%)