Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | d | ʈ | kg | q | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | · | ʁ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɜ | · |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 50 transcribed dictionary entries (246 total tokens)
/o/
43 (17.5%)
/i/
27 (11%)
/ɑ/
24 (9.8%)
/e/
21 (8.5%)
/ʁ/
19 (7.7%)
/sz/
15 (6.1%)
/u/
14 (5.7%)
/n/
12 (4.9%)
/l/
10 (4.1%)
/ʈ/
9 (3.7%)
/k/
8 (3.3%)
/m/
7 (2.8%)
/d/
7 (2.8%)
/p/
5 (2%)
/Ø/
5 (2%)
/b/
4 (1.6%)
/g/
4 (1.6%)
/a/
4 (1.6%)
/q/
3 (1.2%)
/v/
2 (0.8%)
/ɜ/
1 (0.4%)
/f/
1 (0.4%)
/ɛ/
1 (0.4%)