Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | v | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | ts | tʃ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 2 transcribed dictionary entries (14 total tokens)
/a/
6 (42.9%)
/l/
1 (7.1%)
/u/
1 (7.1%)
/n/
1 (7.1%)
/t/
1 (7.1%)
/r/
1 (7.1%)
/b/
1 (7.1%)
/ŋ/
1 (7.1%)
/s/
1 (7.1%)