Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
8 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
xɣ
h
Lateral fricative
·
·
ɬɮ
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ɔ
Open
a
·
ɑ

Syllable Structure

(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)

Phonological Rules

/a/ → [ɑ] / _#
/i/ → [j] / _V
/i/ → [j] / V_
/u/ → [w] / _V
/u/ → [w] / V_
/e/ → [j] / V_#
/o/ → [w] / V_#
/b/ → [p] / _#
/t/ → [d] / _#
/g/ → [ɣ] / _#
/g/ → [ɣ] / V_V
/l/ → [ɾ] / V_V

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 8 transcribed dictionary entries (39 total tokens)

/h/
6 (15.4%)
/a/
6 (15.4%)
/o/
3 (7.7%)
/s/
2 (5.1%)
/e/
2 (5.1%)
/ɣ/
2 (5.1%)
/t/
2 (5.1%)
/g/
2 (5.1%)
/l/
2 (5.1%)
/i/
2 (5.1%)
/j/
1 (2.6%)
/d/
1 (2.6%)
/ɾ/
1 (2.6%)
/x/
1 (2.6%)
/u/
1 (2.6%)
/p/
1 (2.6%)
/n/
1 (2.6%)
/m/
1 (2.6%)
/ʃ/
1 (2.6%)
/ʒ/
1 (2.6%)