Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
11 consonants
4 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | · | ʈɖ | · | ɡ | · | ||||||
| Nasal | · | · | · | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | ʑ | ʂʐ | · | · | ħ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | ä | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 2 transcribed dictionary entries (7 total tokens)
/ʛɔ/
2 (28.6%)
/ŋɡ/
2 (28.6%)
/ʑ/
1 (14.3%)
/ä/
1 (14.3%)
/æʰ/
1 (14.3%)