Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | k | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | h | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phonological Rules
ei → ei ie → aɪ
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 67 transcribed dictionary entries (233 total tokens)
/t/
29 (12.4%)
/e/
21 (9%)
/s/
19 (8.2%)
/o/
17 (7.3%)
/a/
17 (7.3%)
/r/
17 (7.3%)
/i/
14 (6%)
/n/
14 (6%)
/d/
14 (6%)
/h/
11 (4.7%)
/k/
9 (3.9%)
/u/
9 (3.9%)
/l/
8 (3.4%)
/z/
7 (3%)
/m/
7 (3%)
/v/
6 (2.6%)
/ʃ/
6 (2.6%)
/f/
5 (2.1%)
/b/
3 (1.3%)