Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
14 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | kg | · | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ||||
| Trill | · | r | · | · | ||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | h | ||||
| Lateral fricative | · | ɬ | · | · | ||||
| Approximant | · | · | w | · | ||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | ||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | · |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 27 transcribed dictionary entries (95 total tokens)
/a/
19 (20%)
/i/
10 (10.5%)
/r/
9 (9.5%)
/e/
8 (8.4%)
/o/
6 (6.3%)
/y/
6 (6.3%)
/n/
6 (6.3%)
/h/
5 (5.3%)
/g/
5 (5.3%)
/l/
4 (4.2%)
/p/
3 (3.2%)
/pʰ/
3 (3.2%)
/m/
2 (2.1%)
/tʰ/
2 (2.1%)
/b/
2 (2.1%)
/kʰ/
2 (2.1%)
/t/
1 (1.1%)
/s/
1 (1.1%)
/ɬ/
1 (1.1%)