Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | ʃʒ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | · | ɜ | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 15 transcribed dictionary entries (57 total tokens)
/ɑ/
11 (19.3%)
/jɑ/
6 (10.5%)
/t/
6 (10.5%)
/jʊ/
4 (7%)
/ʃ/
4 (7%)
/o/
3 (5.3%)
/p/
2 (3.5%)
/i/
2 (3.5%)
/k/
2 (3.5%)
/ʒ/
2 (3.5%)
/n/
2 (3.5%)
/v/
2 (3.5%)
/m/
1 (1.8%)
/ʊ/
1 (1.8%)
/ɹɑ/
1 (1.8%)
/jɜ/
1 (1.8%)
/jo/
1 (1.8%)
/ɹɜ/
1 (1.8%)
/h/
1 (1.8%)
/ɹi/
1 (1.8%)
/f/
1 (1.8%)
/g/
1 (1.8%)
/l/
1 (1.8%)