Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
23 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | x | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tʃdʒ | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)(C)Phonological Rules
/e/ -> [ɛ]/_C$, _CC$, _CCC$ /o/ -> [ɔ]/_C$, _CC$, _CCC$ /n/ -> [ŋ]/_k, _g /x/ -> [ɣ]/V_V, _#
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 284 transcribed dictionary entries (934 total tokens)
/a/
144 (15.4%)
/i/
111 (11.9%)
/n/
72 (7.7%)
/ə/
64 (6.9%)
/k/
53 (5.7%)
/u/
48 (5.1%)
/m/
47 (5%)
/v/
45 (4.8%)
/j/
42 (4.5%)
/p/
40 (4.3%)
/l/
37 (4%)
/e/
36 (3.9%)
/o/
35 (3.7%)
/ʒ/
27 (2.9%)
/w/
25 (2.7%)
/b/
25 (2.7%)
/ʃ/
23 (2.5%)
/f/
23 (2.5%)
/ɲ/
21 (2.2%)
/g/
14 (1.5%)
/x/
2 (0.2%)