Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
15 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | ʋ | · | j | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | eø | · | ɤo |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(V)(C)Phonological Rules
/b/ → [p] / _# /d/ → [t] / _# /g/ → [k] / _#
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 91 transcribed dictionary entries (379 total tokens)
/i/
40 (10.6%)
/e/
38 (10%)
/ɑ/
37 (9.8%)
/k/
34 (9%)
/n/
31 (8.2%)
/s/
30 (7.9%)
/m/
22 (5.8%)
/t/
19 (5%)
/u/
18 (4.7%)
/æ/
18 (4.7%)
/l/
18 (4.7%)
/h/
15 (4%)
/r/
11 (2.9%)
/p/
11 (2.9%)
/o/
10 (2.6%)
/ʋ/
9 (2.4%)
/y/
6 (1.6%)
/d/
4 (1.1%)
/j/
3 (0.8%)
/ɤ/
2 (0.5%)
/ø/
1 (0.3%)
/f/
1 (0.3%)
/g/
1 (0.3%)