Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
31 consonants
10 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | q | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | · | · | ||||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | f | sz | ɕʑ | · | xɣ | · | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | · | · | tsdz | tʃdʒ | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | ʋ | · | · | j | ɰ | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | ɯu |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 24 transcribed dictionary entries (131 total tokens)
/a/
14 (10.7%)
/n/
10 (7.6%)
/k/
9 (6.9%)
/s/
8 (6.1%)
/o/
8 (6.1%)
/t/
8 (6.1%)
/e/
7 (5.3%)
/r/
6 (4.6%)
/ə/
5 (3.8%)
/u/
5 (3.8%)
/d/
4 (3.1%)
/p/
4 (3.1%)
/j/
4 (3.1%)
/ʃ/
4 (3.1%)
/i/
4 (3.1%)
/l/
4 (3.1%)
/z/
3 (2.3%)
/ø/
3 (2.3%)
/m/
3 (2.3%)
/ʒ/
2 (1.5%)
/y/
2 (1.5%)
/ɣ/
2 (1.5%)
/ɕ/
2 (1.5%)
/æ/
1 (0.8%)
/ɯ/
1 (0.8%)
/g/
1 (0.8%)
/ts/
1 (0.8%)
/ɥ/
1 (0.8%)
/f/
1 (0.8%)
/ɰ/
1 (0.8%)