Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | · | kg | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃ | ʐ | · | · | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | · | ɭ | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 17 transcribed dictionary entries (55 total tokens)
/o/
7 (12.7%)
/i/
7 (12.7%)
/t/
6 (10.9%)
/k/
4 (7.3%)
/a/
4 (7.3%)
/n/
4 (7.3%)
/v/
4 (7.3%)
/ʃ/
3 (5.5%)
/e/
3 (5.5%)
/j/
3 (5.5%)
/ʐ/
2 (3.6%)
/m/
2 (3.6%)
/z/
1 (1.8%)
/s/
1 (1.8%)
/oː/
1 (1.8%)
/u/
1 (1.8%)
/b/
1 (1.8%)
/ɭ/
1 (1.8%)