Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
2 consonants
12 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Alveolar | Palatal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trill | r | · | ||
| Approximant | · | j | ||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ | ʌɔ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 190 transcribed dictionary entries (343 total tokens)
/r/
54 (15.7%)
/iː/
47 (13.7%)
/ə/
46 (13.4%)
/æ/
41 (12%)
/ɛ/
37 (10.8%)
/ɔː/
34 (9.9%)
/aɪ/
25 (7.3%)
/eɪ/
23 (6.7%)
/uː/
16 (4.7%)
/ʌ/
8 (2.3%)
/ɒ/
6 (1.7%)
/ɜː/
4 (1.2%)
/ɪ/
2 (0.6%)