Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | d | · | kg | ʔ | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | v | s | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | j | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑɒ |
ʦ -> k / C_ h -> ʔ / _# g -> ʤ / _V
Distribution of phonemes across 66 transcribed dictionary entries (253 total tokens)