Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
11 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | ɕ | · | xɣ | χ | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | ø̞ | · | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
CCVC, CVC, VC, CV, VCCV, CVCPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 64 transcribed dictionary entries (311 total tokens)
/a/
34 (10.9%)
/i/
28 (9%)
/s/
26 (8.4%)
/n/
22 (7.1%)
/d'/
22 (7.1%)
/t/
21 (6.8%)
/m/
20 (6.4%)
/o/
18 (5.8%)
/ɛ/
14 (4.5%)
/k/
14 (4.5%)
/r/
13 (4.2%)
/io/
10 (3.2%)
/ɕː/
10 (3.2%)
/f/
9 (2.9%)
/l/
9 (2.9%)
/p/
7 (2.3%)
/u/
6 (1.9%)
/ɨɛ/
5 (1.6%)
/v/
5 (1.6%)
/b/
4 (1.3%)
/eɨ/
4 (1.3%)
/ɑɪ/
3 (1%)
/ɨɑ/
2 (0.6%)
/ɨʊ/
2 (0.6%)
/wi/
2 (0.6%)
/oj/
1 (0.3%)