Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
8 consonants
4 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | ʈ | · | ʔ | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | · | ʂ | · | · | |||||
| Lateral fricative | · | ɬ | · | · | · | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Mid | · | · | o̞ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 6 transcribed dictionary entries (9 total tokens)
/æː/
5 (55.6%)
/mʰ/
3 (33.3%)
/ʂ/
1 (11.1%)