Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
13 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | d | ɟ | k | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | |||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | · | · | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 257 transcribed dictionary entries (1,150 total tokens)
/e/
116 (10.1%)
/o/
110 (9.6%)
/a/
109 (9.5%)
/i/
98 (8.5%)
/u/
80 (7%)
/p/
63 (5.5%)
/sʲ/
60 (5.2%)
/f/
57 (5%)
/rʲ/
55 (4.8%)
/r/
52 (4.5%)
/d/
50 (4.3%)
/ɟ/
47 (4.1%)
/lʲ/
46 (4%)
/m/
44 (3.8%)
/v/
44 (3.8%)
/n/
41 (3.6%)
/bʲ/
41 (3.6%)
/k/
37 (3.2%)