Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
12 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | · | · | · | · | ʔ | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | v | θð | z | ʐ | x | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | · | ɘ | o |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
cvc, cv, vc, (cv)cv(c)(vc)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 23 transcribed dictionary entries (94 total tokens)
/ɑ/
11 (11.7%)
/x/
10 (10.6%)
/ɾ/
9 (9.6%)
/v/
9 (9.6%)
/o/
9 (9.6%)
/ʔ/
9 (9.6%)
/i/
7 (7.4%)
/ɪ/
7 (7.4%)
/z/
6 (6.4%)
/ɘ/
5 (5.3%)
/r/
4 (4.3%)
/ŋ/
3 (3.2%)
/θ/
2 (2.1%)
/ʐ/
1 (1.1%)
/n/
1 (1.1%)
/ð/
1 (1.1%)