Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kɡ | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | v | sz | ʃ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | 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 22 transcribed dictionary entries (96 total tokens)
/i/
13 (13.5%)
/a/
11 (11.5%)
/u/
9 (9.4%)
/k/
8 (8.3%)
/z/
7 (7.3%)
/n/
7 (7.3%)
/m/
6 (6.3%)
/e/
5 (5.2%)
/ɹ/
4 (4.2%)
/t/
3 (3.1%)
/o/
3 (3.1%)
/p/
3 (3.1%)
/s/
2 (2.1%)
/h/
1 (1%)
/j/
1 (1%)
/g/
1 (1%)
/b/
1 (1%)
/d/
1 (1%)
/l/
1 (1%)
/kʰ/
1 (1%)
/iː/
1 (1%)
/v/
1 (1%)
/aj/
1 (1%)
/au/
1 (1%)
/bʰ/
1 (1%)
/ks/
1 (1%)
/tʷ/
1 (1%)
/sʷ/
1 (1%)