Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 91 transcribed dictionary entries (557 total tokens)
/ɑ/
97 (17.4%)
/t/
61 (11%)
/m/
44 (7.9%)
/o/
36 (6.5%)
/u/
34 (6.1%)
/r/
30 (5.4%)
/n/
30 (5.4%)
/i/
28 (5%)
/k/
25 (4.5%)
/l/
25 (4.5%)
/s/
22 (3.9%)
/e/
18 (3.2%)
/d/
17 (3.1%)
/g/
16 (2.9%)
/w/
14 (2.5%)
/b/
14 (2.5%)
/f/
13 (2.3%)
/j/
10 (1.8%)
/h/
10 (1.8%)
/y/
6 (1.1%)
/v/
3 (0.5%)
/p/
3 (0.5%)
/ks/
1 (0.2%)