Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | · | kg | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | ʀ | ||||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ɕʒ | ʂ | · | x | ʁ | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | ʋ | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | ø | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
CV. VC. CC. VV. CVC. VCV. VCC. CVV. VVC. CCV. V. C. CVCV. VCVC. CCVV. VVCC VCVV. CVCC. VVCV. CCVC VCCV. CVVC. Writing the letter Ɛ after Ç, H, and Ʒ is prohibited. Instead of ɛ after these letters, Ә is used.
Distribution of phonemes across 27 transcribed dictionary entries (25 total tokens)