Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | d | · | c | kg | q | ʔ | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | ɳ | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | v | z | · | · | x | · | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | · |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Distribution of phonemes across 12 transcribed dictionary entries (98 total tokens)