Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
6 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | · | kɡ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | · | |||
| Fricative | · | s | · | |||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 165 transcribed dictionary entries (742 total tokens)
/b/
122 (16.4%)
/n/
89 (12%)
/i/
83 (11.2%)
/ɛ/
74 (10%)
/k/
69 (9.3%)
/u/
62 (8.4%)
/ɑ/
56 (7.5%)
/s/
55 (7.4%)
/o/
54 (7.3%)
/m/
51 (6.9%)
/ɡ/
27 (3.6%)