Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
25 consonants
13 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | qɢ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | θð | sz | · | xɣ | · | ||||||
| Lateral fricative | · | · | ɬ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | ɰ | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨʉ | · |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | ɤo |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
CV(V)(C) (C)CNPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 19 transcribed dictionary entries (97 total tokens)
/ɛ/
14 (14.4%)
/s/
13 (13.4%)
/ɨ/
5 (5.2%)
/θ/
5 (5.2%)
/m/
5 (5.2%)
/d/
4 (4.1%)
/ɬ/
4 (4.1%)
/ʉ/
4 (4.1%)
/q/
4 (4.1%)
/æ/
4 (4.1%)
/o/
3 (3.1%)
/n/
3 (3.1%)
/ɣ/
3 (3.1%)
/œ/
3 (3.1%)
/k/
3 (3.1%)
/ɔ/
3 (3.1%)
/ɰ/
2 (2.1%)
/ʊ/
2 (2.1%)
/ɾ/
2 (2.1%)
/ð/
2 (2.1%)
/ɤ/
1 (1%)
/e/
1 (1%)
/ŋ/
1 (1%)
/w/
1 (1%)
/t/
1 (1%)
/b/
1 (1%)
/l/
1 (1%)
/ɸ/
1 (1%)
/j/
1 (1%)