Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | · | k | q | ʔ | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ŋ | · | · | |||||||||
| Fricative | · | f | sz | ɕʒ | ʂ | · | · | · | h | |||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | · | j | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | · | · | ʎ | · | · | · | |||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 48 transcribed dictionary entries (217 total tokens)
/a/
39 (18%)
/e/
20 (9.2%)
/ɕ/
20 (9.2%)
/q/
16 (7.4%)
/n/
16 (7.4%)
/u/
13 (6%)
/ɹ/
11 (5.1%)
/ʃ/
10 (4.6%)
/ʔ/
10 (4.6%)
/j/
10 (4.6%)
/ɔ/
8 (3.7%)
/f/
6 (2.8%)
/s/
5 (2.3%)
/t/
5 (2.3%)
/d/
5 (2.3%)
/æ/
4 (1.8%)
/b/
4 (1.8%)
/ŋ/
3 (1.4%)
/ʂ/
3 (1.4%)
/ʊː/
3 (1.4%)
/i/
3 (1.4%)
/p/
2 (0.9%)
/z/
1 (0.5%)