Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | ŋ | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | θð | sz | ɕʑ | · | xɣ | ||||||
| Lateral fricative | · | · | ɬ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | ||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
(C)(C)(V)(C)(C)/n/ -> /m/ #_p
Distribution of phonemes across 13 transcribed dictionary entries (35 total tokens)