Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | c | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | x | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | ɯu |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ʌ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 29 transcribed dictionary entries (130 total tokens)
/a/
14 (10.8%)
/ɛ/
13 (10%)
/k/
10 (7.7%)
/r/
9 (6.9%)
/ʃ/
9 (6.9%)
/i/
7 (5.4%)
/t/
6 (4.6%)
/z/
6 (4.6%)
/m/
6 (4.6%)
/u/
6 (4.6%)
/iː/
5 (3.8%)
/ʌ/
5 (3.8%)
/n/
5 (3.8%)
/g/
4 (3.1%)
/d/
3 (2.3%)
/ɯ/
3 (2.3%)
/s/
2 (1.5%)
/p/
2 (1.5%)
/c/
2 (1.5%)
/j/
2 (1.5%)
/b/
2 (1.5%)
/v/
2 (1.5%)
/ɛː/
2 (1.5%)
/x/
2 (1.5%)
/uː/
1 (0.8%)
/ɲ/
1 (0.8%)
/aː/
1 (0.8%)