Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | ʔ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | ɲ | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | · | · | h | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)VPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 42 transcribed dictionary entries (143 total tokens)
/a/
29 (20.3%)
/o/
22 (15.4%)
/e/
10 (7%)
/w/
10 (7%)
/k/
8 (5.6%)
/l/
8 (5.6%)
/i/
7 (4.9%)
/ʔ/
6 (4.2%)
/n/
6 (4.2%)
/p/
6 (4.2%)
/r/
5 (3.5%)
/u/
5 (3.5%)
/h/
4 (2.8%)
/b/
3 (2.1%)
/t/
3 (2.1%)
/ŋ/
2 (1.4%)
/f/
2 (1.4%)
/g/
2 (1.4%)
/ɲ/
1 (0.7%)
/oː/
1 (0.7%)
/s/
1 (0.7%)
/d/
1 (0.7%)
/m/
1 (0.7%)