Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
5 consonants
1 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Alveolar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | ʔ | ||
| Nasal | n | · | ||
| Trill | r | · | ||
| Fricative | s | h | ||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(c)vv(c)Phonological Rules
/a/ /a/ V_V
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 81 transcribed dictionary entries (161 total tokens)
/a/
18 (11.2%)
/L/
14 (8.7%)
/e/
14 (8.7%)
/ә/
12 (7.5%)
/i/
12 (7.5%)
/O/
10 (6.2%)
/ʔ/
10 (6.2%)
/sh/
9 (5.6%)
/Pr/
8 (5%)
/n/
7 (4.3%)
/k/
7 (4.3%)
/ny/
6 (3.7%)
/m/
6 (3.7%)
/wa/
5 (3.1%)
/s/
5 (3.1%)
/t/
4 (2.5%)
/B/
3 (1.9%)
/p/
3 (1.9%)
/h/
2 (1.2%)
/g/
2 (1.2%)
/r/
2 (1.2%)
/th/
1 (0.6%)
/w/
1 (0.6%)