Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
26 consonants
11 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | · | kg | ʔ | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | ŋ | · | ||||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | β | fv | ð | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | · | tʃdʒ | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | ɹ | · | j | w | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ʌɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 29 transcribed dictionary entries (128 total tokens)
/a/
26 (20.3%)
/ɛ/
11 (8.6%)
/m/
9 (7%)
/n/
9 (7%)
/b/
8 (6.3%)
/i/
8 (6.3%)
/o/
8 (6.3%)
/s/
7 (5.5%)
/l/
7 (5.5%)
/k/
5 (3.9%)
/u/
5 (3.9%)
/w/
5 (3.9%)
/ʃ/
4 (3.1%)
/ɪ/
3 (2.3%)
/z/
2 (1.6%)
/ai/
2 (1.6%)
/ʌ/
2 (1.6%)
/ʔ/
1 (0.8%)
/dʒ/
1 (0.8%)
/d/
1 (0.8%)
/h/
1 (0.8%)
/pʰ/
1 (0.8%)
/j/
1 (0.8%)
/g/
1 (0.8%)