Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
7 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kɡ
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
ɲ
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸ
f
θ
sz
ɕ
·
·
h
Affricate
·
·
·
ts
·
·
·
Approximant
·
ʋ
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
ɨ
ɯ
Near-close··
ʊ
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 47 transcribed dictionary entries (292 total tokens)

/a/
68 (23.3%)
/o/
31 (10.6%)
/ɾ/
29 (9.9%)
/j/
25 (8.6%)
/ɯ/
21 (7.2%)
/l/
21 (7.2%)
/i/
16 (5.5%)
/k/
16 (5.5%)
/e/
11 (3.8%)
/n/
10 (3.4%)
/b/
9 (3.1%)
/w/
8 (2.7%)
/s/
7 (2.4%)
/p/
4 (1.4%)
/t/
4 (1.4%)
/d/
4 (1.4%)
/h/
2 (0.7%)
/θ/
2 (0.7%)
/z/
1 (0.3%)
/m/
1 (0.3%)
/ɕ/
1 (0.3%)
/f/
1 (0.3%)