Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
12 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | kg | ||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | ||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | · | ||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | ||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phonological Rules
1- No two identical letters may appear consecutively. 2- Any two adjacent vowels must belong to separate syllables. Dipthongs are not allowed. 3- Stress always falls on the penultimate syllable.
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 366 transcribed dictionary entries (1,728 total tokens)
/o/
294 (17%)
/e/
207 (12%)
/a/
171 (9.9%)
/n/
160 (9.3%)
/i/
143 (8.3%)
/t/
139 (8%)
/u/
78 (4.5%)
/k/
76 (4.4%)
/l/
71 (4.1%)
/p/
70 (4.1%)
/s/
62 (3.6%)
/m/
54 (3.1%)
/b/
48 (2.8%)
/g/
42 (2.4%)
/d/
42 (2.4%)
/f/
37 (2.1%)
/ɾ/
34 (2%)