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 178 transcribed dictionary entries (503 total tokens)

/ɛ/
52 (10.3%)
/n/
43 (8.5%)
//
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%)
//
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%)
//
4 (0.8%)
/o/
2 (0.4%)
/p/
1 (0.2%)
/ŋ/
1 (0.2%)