Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
8 consonants
2 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | · | k | ʔ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | · | ||||
| Approximant | · | · | w | · | ||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | ||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | · | u |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)(C)Phonological Rules
None
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 45 transcribed dictionary entries (190 total tokens)
/a/
49 (25.8%)
/u/
38 (20%)
/m/
19 (10%)
/l/
16 (8.4%)
/s/
15 (7.9%)
/pʰ/
13 (6.8%)
/kʰ/
12 (6.3%)
/w/
12 (6.3%)
/n/
11 (5.8%)
/ʔ/
5 (2.6%)