Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | ʈɖ | · | kɡ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | ɳ | · | ŋ | ||||||
| Trill | ʙ | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | · | ç | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 31 transcribed dictionary entries (121 total tokens)
/e/
13 (10.7%)
/a/
12 (9.9%)
/ɔ/
11 (9.1%)
/i/
11 (9.1%)
/u/
10 (8.3%)
/n/
8 (6.6%)
/r/
8 (6.6%)
/ʙ/
8 (6.6%)
/ç/
7 (5.8%)
/l/
5 (4.1%)
/m/
5 (4.1%)
/t/
4 (3.3%)
/ɖ/
4 (3.3%)
/k/
3 (2.5%)
/d/
2 (1.7%)
/g/
2 (1.7%)
/s/
2 (1.7%)
/p/
2 (1.7%)
/f/
1 (0.8%)
/ɳ/
1 (0.8%)
/o/
1 (0.8%)
/ŋ/
1 (0.8%)