Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | · | · | kg | · | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θ | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | · | h | |||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | ɹ | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | · | · | ɭ | · | · | · | |||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)Phonological Rules
/θ/ → [ð] / _V (becomes voiced when before a vowel)
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 11 transcribed dictionary entries (29 total tokens)
/k/
7 (24.1%)
/u/
4 (13.8%)
/a/
4 (13.8%)
/o/
3 (10.3%)
/e/
3 (10.3%)
/i/
3 (10.3%)
/n/
1 (3.4%)
/d/
1 (3.4%)
/t/
1 (3.4%)
/s/
1 (3.4%)
/h/
1 (3.4%)