Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
9 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Pharyngeal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | td | ʈ | · | |||||
| Fricative | fv | ð | z | · | ħ | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | ɨʉ | · |
| Mid | · | · | o̞ |
| Near-open | · | ɐ | · |
| Open | · | ä | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)VC(C)CC, CCVCVCCPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 8 transcribed dictionary entries (42 total tokens)
/ɑ/
7 (16.7%)
/l/
7 (16.7%)
/ʉ᷅/
7 (16.7%)
/ħ/
5 (11.9%)
/o̞/
4 (9.5%)
/ð/
2 (4.8%)
/ä/
2 (4.8%)
/fħ/
2 (4.8%)
/z/
2 (4.8%)
/f/
2 (4.8%)
/d/
1 (2.4%)
/v/
1 (2.4%)