Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

21 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kg
·
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
ŋ
·
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θ
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
χ
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 7 transcribed dictionary entries (41 total tokens)

/a/
7 (17.1%)
/i/
5 (12.2%)
/o/
5 (12.2%)
/t/
4 (9.8%)
/g/
3 (7.3%)
/ʃ/
2 (4.9%)
/m/
2 (4.9%)
/e/
2 (4.9%)
/s/
1 (2.4%)
/w/
1 (2.4%)
/k/
1 (2.4%)
/b/
1 (2.4%)
/n/
1 (2.4%)
/r/
1 (2.4%)
//
1 (2.4%)
/p/
1 (2.4%)
//
1 (2.4%)
/χ/
1 (2.4%)
/u/
1 (2.4%)