Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

22 consonants
10 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
h
Affricate
·
·
tsdz
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
·
u
Near-close
ɪ
··
Close-mid
eø
·
o
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ɔ
Near-open
æ
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 46 transcribed dictionary entries (151 total tokens)

/ɛ/
25 (16.6%)
/o/
15 (9.9%)
/d/
14 (9.3%)
/ø/
9 (6%)
/z/
9 (6%)
/s/
7 (4.6%)
/m/
7 (4.6%)
/ɔ/
6 (4%)
/i/
6 (4%)
/r/
6 (4%)
/n/
6 (4%)
/k/
6 (4%)
/g/
5 (3.3%)
//
4 (2.6%)
/b/
4 (2.6%)
/ʃ/
4 (2.6%)
/l/
3 (2%)
/j/
3 (2%)
/u/
3 (2%)
/ɪ/
2 (1.3%)
/æ/
2 (1.3%)
/f/
2 (1.3%)
/y/
1 (0.7%)
/v/
1 (0.7%)
/t/
1 (0.7%)