Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

22 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
ʈɖ
·
kɡ
Nasal
m
·
n
ɳ
ɲ
ŋ
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
ɽ
·
·
Fricative
·
·
s
·
çʝ
·
Approximant
·
ʋ
·
·
j
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
ɭ
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 7 transcribed dictionary entries (26 total tokens)

/n/
6 (23.1%)
//
4 (15.4%)
/a/
3 (11.5%)
/u/
3 (11.5%)
//
2 (7.7%)
/b/
2 (7.7%)
/ɭ/
2 (7.7%)
//
1 (3.8%)
/m/
1 (3.8%)
//
1 (3.8%)
/ɾ/
1 (3.8%)