Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | t | · | cɟ | k | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | fv | sz | ɕ | · | x | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)(V)(V)(n)(C)(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 51 transcribed dictionary entries (162 total tokens)
/n/
24 (14.8%)
/k/
24 (14.8%)
/r/
20 (12.3%)
/t/
15 (9.3%)
/ɟ/
15 (9.3%)
/s/
10 (6.2%)
/lʲ/
9 (5.6%)
/e/
9 (5.6%)
/a/
8 (4.9%)
/i/
8 (4.9%)
/m/
7 (4.3%)
/p/
4 (2.5%)
/ɸʷ/
2 (1.2%)
/c/
2 (1.2%)
/v/
2 (1.2%)
/o/
1 (0.6%)
/f/
1 (0.6%)
/x/
1 (0.6%)