Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | q | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | · | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 69 transcribed dictionary entries (275 total tokens)
/a/
46 (16.7%)
/e/
36 (13.1%)
/l/
26 (9.5%)
/n/
22 (8%)
/o/
21 (7.6%)
/i/
20 (7.3%)
/m/
13 (4.7%)
/s/
11 (4%)
/k/
9 (3.3%)
/b/
9 (3.3%)
/u/
8 (2.9%)
/t/
8 (2.9%)
/d/
8 (2.9%)
/h/
7 (2.5%)
/v/
6 (2.2%)
/q/
6 (2.2%)
/z/
6 (2.2%)
/g/
4 (1.5%)
/ə/
4 (1.5%)
/w/
3 (1.1%)
/j/
2 (0.7%)