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)Phonological Rules
None
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 57 transcribed dictionary entries (261 total tokens)
/a/
66 (25.3%)
/u/
53 (20.3%)
/m/
22 (8.4%)
/n/
21 (8%)
/pʰ/
20 (7.7%)
/l/
18 (6.9%)
/s/
18 (6.9%)
/kʰ/
18 (6.9%)
/w/
15 (5.7%)
/ʔ/
10 (3.8%)