Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
15 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kɡ | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | z | ʒ | · | h | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 32 transcribed dictionary entries (150 total tokens)
/o/
23 (15.3%)
/a/
21 (14%)
/e/
18 (12%)
/k/
11 (7.3%)
/z/
10 (6.7%)
/i/
8 (5.3%)
/n/
8 (5.3%)
/u/
7 (4.7%)
/v/
6 (4%)
/r/
6 (4%)
/m/
6 (4%)
/b/
5 (3.3%)
/h/
5 (3.3%)
/ʒ/
4 (2.7%)
/d/
3 (2%)
/ɡ/
3 (2%)
/t/
3 (2%)
/l/
1 (0.7%)
/p/
1 (0.7%)
/f/
1 (0.7%)