Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

20 consonants
8 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
p
·
td
·
·
kɡ
ɢ
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸβ
v
sz
ʃ
·
xɣ
·
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
·
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Near-close
ɪ
··
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open-mid
ɛ
··
Near-open·
ɐ
·
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 22 transcribed dictionary entries (94 total tokens)

/a/
18 (19.1%)
/n/
18 (19.1%)
/d/
10 (10.6%)
/i/
9 (9.6%)
/z/
8 (8.5%)
/m/
5 (5.3%)
/j/
4 (4.3%)
/e/
4 (4.3%)
/β/
4 (4.3%)
/s/
2 (2.1%)
/k/
2 (2.1%)
/u/
2 (2.1%)
/x/
2 (2.1%)
/v/
2 (2.1%)
/r/
1 (1.1%)
/t/
1 (1.1%)
/l/
1 (1.1%)
/ɣ/
1 (1.1%)