Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

25 consonants
11 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸ
fv
θð
s
ʃʒ
·
h
Affricate
·
·
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
·
u
Near-close
ɪʏ
·
ʊ
Close-mid
e
ɵ
·
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ɔ
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 636 transcribed dictionary entries (3,727 total tokens)

/a/
589 (15.8%)
/n/
451 (12.1%)
/l/
399 (10.7%)
/ɛ/
341 (9.1%)
/r/
312 (8.4%)
/m/
298 (8%)
//
246 (6.6%)
//
192 (5.2%)
/d/
162 (4.3%)
/ð/
152 (4.1%)
/ɔ/
67 (1.8%)
//
58 (1.6%)
/k/
58 (1.6%)
/g/
55 (1.5%)
//
52 (1.4%)
/h/
48 (1.3%)
/ɪ/
40 (1.1%)
/v/
35 (0.9%)
/ʏ/
31 (0.8%)
/ɕ/
29 (0.8%)
/w/
29 (0.8%)
/t/
26 (0.7%)
/ɧ/
23 (0.6%)
/ʊ/
17 (0.5%)
/f/
13 (0.3%)
/p/
4 (0.1%)