Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
9 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | · | t | · | k | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | · | · | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C) V (f/l/s)Phonological Rules
The stress is always on the first syllable. Only the consonants /f/, /l/, and /s/, which can be easily prolonged, may occur in syllable-final position.
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 11 transcribed dictionary entries (10 total tokens)
/p/
3 (30%)
/s/
3 (30%)
/m/
2 (20%)
/e/
1 (10%)
/t/
1 (10%)