Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

31 consonants
10 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
q
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
ɲ
ŋ
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
f
sz
ɕʑ
·
xɣ
·
h
Affricate
·
·
tsdz
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
ʋ
·
·
j
ɰ
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
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%)