Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

19 consonants
14 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
kg
q
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
ŋ
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʝ
·
·
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
w
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
ʉ
ɯ
Near-close
ɪʏ
·
ʊ
Close-mid
ø
·
ɤ
Mid·
ə
·
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ɔ
Near-open
æ
··
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

(C)C(V)V(V)(C)(C)(C)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 18 transcribed dictionary entries (53 total tokens)

/t/
9 (17%)
/ɪ/
7 (13.2%)
//
5 (9.4%)
/s/
5 (9.4%)
/w/
3 (5.7%)
/r/
3 (5.7%)
/ɛː/
3 (5.7%)
/ʝ/
2 (3.8%)
/ʊː/
2 (3.8%)
//
2 (3.8%)
/d/
2 (3.8%)
/k/
2 (3.8%)
/v/
2 (3.8%)
/m/
1 (1.9%)
/n/
1 (1.9%)
/h/
1 (1.9%)
/æ/
1 (1.9%)
/ø/
1 (1.9%)
/a/
1 (1.9%)