Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | · | · | td | · | ʈ | cɟ | k | · | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | · | · | ɳ | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ⱱ | · | · | · | ɽ | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | · | θð | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | ɣ | ɦ | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | · | · | ɭ | · | · | · | |||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | ɨ | ɯ |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ʌ |
| Open | · | · | ɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 17 transcribed dictionary entries (90 total tokens)
/ɒ/
17 (18.9%)
/ə/
10 (11.1%)
/ʌ/
10 (11.1%)
/c/
8 (8.9%)
/ɨ/
7 (7.8%)
/e/
6 (6.7%)
/ɭ/
6 (6.7%)
/pʰ/
3 (3.3%)
/ɦ/
3 (3.3%)
/s/
3 (3.3%)
/θ/
2 (2.2%)
/k/
2 (2.2%)
/ɣ/
2 (2.2%)
/ɟ/
2 (2.2%)
/ʈ/
2 (2.2%)
/ɳ/
2 (2.2%)
/m/
2 (2.2%)
/z/
1 (1.1%)
/ʒ/
1 (1.1%)
/ð/
1 (1.1%)