Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
13 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | · | kg | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | θ | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | · | tʃ | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ʌ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | ɑɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 11 transcribed dictionary entries (24 total tokens)
/n/
9 (37.5%)
/t/
7 (29.2%)
/k/
5 (20.8%)
/l/
3 (12.5%)