Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | ʈɖ | · | kg | ʔ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | s | ʂʐ | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 60 transcribed dictionary entries (321 total tokens)
/h/
45 (14%)
/a/
30 (9.3%)
/n/
28 (8.7%)
/g/
26 (8.1%)
/a˦/
22 (6.9%)
/t/
20 (6.2%)
/a˨/
14 (4.4%)
/s/
13 (4%)
/ʔ/
12 (3.7%)
/l/
12 (3.7%)
/j/
10 (3.1%)
/b/
9 (2.8%)
/k/
8 (2.5%)
/d/
8 (2.5%)
/u/
8 (2.5%)
/i/
8 (2.5%)
/iː/
6 (1.9%)
/i˨/
6 (1.9%)
/u˦/
6 (1.9%)
/m/
5 (1.6%)
/ɾ/
4 (1.2%)
/o˦/
4 (1.2%)
/ʂ/
4 (1.2%)
/u˨/
3 (0.9%)
/i˦/
3 (0.9%)
/e˨/
2 (0.6%)
/e/
2 (0.6%)
/ŋ/
1 (0.3%)
/o˨/
1 (0.3%)
/p/
1 (0.3%)