Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
24 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | td | · | · | · | kɡ | ʔ | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ɲ | · | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | xɣ | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | tsdz | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | ɭ | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Near-open | · | ɐ | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
CV(V)(C)Phonological Rules
/e/ → [ø]/ w_#
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 49 transcribed dictionary entries (227 total tokens)
/ɾ/
32 (14.1%)
/e/
22 (9.7%)
/o/
20 (8.8%)
/a/
20 (8.8%)
/ɸ/
13 (5.7%)
/m/
13 (5.7%)
/ə/
12 (5.3%)
/t/
12 (5.3%)
/i/
11 (4.8%)
/s/
11 (4.8%)
/u/
10 (4.4%)
/k/
8 (3.5%)
/ɐ/
7 (3.1%)
/n/
7 (3.1%)
/l/
7 (3.1%)
/ʔ/
5 (2.2%)
/β/
4 (1.8%)
/sʼ/
3 (1.3%)
/ɭ/
2 (0.9%)
/j/
2 (0.9%)
/ʃ/
2 (0.9%)
/d/
1 (0.4%)
/ɲ/
1 (0.4%)
/w/
1 (0.4%)
/g/
1 (0.4%)