Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kɡ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | ʃʒ | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 45 transcribed dictionary entries (182 total tokens)
/a/
25 (13.7%)
/ɾ/
23 (12.6%)
/o/
22 (12.1%)
/e/
14 (7.7%)
/s/
13 (7.1%)
/u/
10 (5.5%)
/m/
10 (5.5%)
/i/
10 (5.5%)
/l/
9 (4.9%)
/t/
9 (4.9%)
/b/
7 (3.8%)
/n/
5 (2.7%)
/v/
5 (2.7%)
/d/
5 (2.7%)
/k/
4 (2.2%)
/ʃ/
4 (2.2%)
/p/
2 (1.1%)
/f/
2 (1.1%)
/ʒ/
1 (0.5%)
/j/
1 (0.5%)
/ɲ/
1 (0.5%)