Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Uvular | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | t | · | k | q | |||||
| Nasal | · | n | · | ŋ | ɴ | |||||
| Trill | · | r | · | · | ʀ | |||||
| Fricative | fv | sz | ʃʒ | xɣ | χʁ | |||||
| Lateral fricative | · | ɬɮ | · | · | · | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 37 transcribed dictionary entries (187 total tokens)
/ʃ/
16 (8.6%)
/u/
15 (8%)
/aː/
14 (7.5%)
/a/
13 (7%)
/s/
11 (5.9%)
/n/
10 (5.3%)
/ɣ/
9 (4.8%)
/i/
8 (4.3%)
/uː/
8 (4.3%)
/r/
8 (4.3%)
/k/
7 (3.7%)
/iː/
7 (3.7%)
/q/
7 (3.7%)
/v/
6 (3.2%)
/t/
6 (3.2%)
/l/
5 (2.7%)
/ʁ/
5 (2.7%)
/ɬ/
4 (2.1%)
/ʒ/
4 (2.1%)
/ɴ/
4 (2.1%)
/ŋ/
4 (2.1%)
/x/
4 (2.1%)
/f/
3 (1.6%)
/χ/
3 (1.6%)
/z/
3 (1.6%)
/ʀ/
2 (1.1%)
/ɮ/
1 (0.5%)