Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kg | ʡ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | · | · | ʕ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɻ | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | ʟ | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 15 transcribed dictionary entries (73 total tokens)
/s/
6 (8.2%)
/e/
5 (6.8%)
/ɒ/
4 (5.5%)
/u/
4 (5.5%)
/t/
4 (5.5%)
/m/
3 (4.1%)
/ə/
3 (4.1%)
/l/
3 (4.1%)
/o/
3 (4.1%)
/a/
3 (4.1%)
/i/
3 (4.1%)
/ɻ/
2 (2.7%)
/k/
2 (2.7%)
/ɨ/
2 (2.7%)
/æ/
2 (2.7%)
/pʰ/
2 (2.7%)
/sʷ/
2 (2.7%)
/ʟ/
2 (2.7%)
/p/
2 (2.7%)
/ʕ/
2 (2.7%)
/w/
2 (2.7%)
/ɻʷ/
2 (2.7%)
/g/
1 (1.4%)
/nʷ/
1 (1.4%)
/ʡʰ/
1 (1.4%)
/b/
1 (1.4%)
/ŋʷ/
1 (1.4%)
/j/
1 (1.4%)
/n/
1 (1.4%)
/gʷ/
1 (1.4%)