Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

22 consonants
9 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
h
Affricate
·
·
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
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 388 transcribed dictionary entries (1,244 total tokens)

/ɑ/
124 (10%)
/ɛ/
109 (8.8%)
/n/
69 (5.5%)
/k/
64 (5.1%)
/d/
63 (5.1%)
/i/
63 (5.1%)
/u/
58 (4.7%)
/g/
58 (4.7%)
/t/
57 (4.6%)
//
57 (4.6%)
/æ/
47 (3.8%)
/b/
46 (3.7%)
/ə/
39 (3.1%)
/s/
38 (3.1%)
/f/
38 (3.1%)
/r/
35 (2.8%)
/j/
33 (2.7%)
//
30 (2.4%)
/m/
27 (2.2%)
/l/
25 (2%)
/p/
23 (1.8%)
//
22 (1.8%)
/h/
20 (1.6%)
/v/
20 (1.6%)
/ɪ/
20 (1.6%)
/ʃ/
17 (1.4%)
/w/
12 (1%)
/o/
12 (1%)
/ʒ/
11 (0.9%)
/ŋ/
6 (0.5%)