Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tʃdʒ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 178 transcribed dictionary entries (503 total tokens)
/ɛ/
52 (10.3%)
/n/
43 (8.5%)
/oʊ/
40 (8%)
/ɑ/
34 (6.8%)
/i/
27 (5.4%)
/t/
26 (5.2%)
/b/
23 (4.6%)
/d/
23 (4.6%)
/u/
23 (4.6%)
/g/
22 (4.4%)
/k/
19 (3.8%)
/æ/
18 (3.6%)
/ə/
16 (3.2%)
/m/
15 (3%)
/r/
15 (3%)
/dʒ/
14 (2.8%)
/j/
14 (2.8%)
/ɪ/
13 (2.6%)
/f/
12 (2.4%)
/l/
11 (2.2%)
/h/
9 (1.8%)
/s/
8 (1.6%)
/ʒ/
8 (1.6%)
/ʃ/
6 (1.2%)
/v/
4 (0.8%)
/tʃ/
4 (0.8%)
/o/
2 (0.4%)
/p/
1 (0.2%)
/ŋ/
1 (0.2%)