Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
10 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | ɕ | · | ɣ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
CCVC, CVC, VC, CV, VCCV, CVCPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 34 transcribed dictionary entries (119 total tokens)
/s/
14 (11.8%)
/d'/
13 (10.9%)
/a/
13 (10.9%)
/i/
11 (9.2%)
/ɛ/
9 (7.6%)
/m/
7 (5.9%)
/t/
6 (5%)
/o/
6 (5%)
/n/
6 (5%)
/r/
6 (5%)
/f/
6 (5%)
/ɕː/
4 (3.4%)
/b/
3 (2.5%)
/k/
3 (2.5%)
/l/
3 (2.5%)
/u/
2 (1.7%)
/oj/
1 (0.8%)
/eɨ/
1 (0.8%)
/p/
1 (0.8%)
/ɨɛ/
1 (0.8%)
/ɨʊ/
1 (0.8%)
/ɨɑ/
1 (0.8%)
/io/
1 (0.8%)