Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
24 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | ʈɖ | · | kg | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɳ | · | ŋ | · | ||||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | · | · | ɽ | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | f | sz | ɕʑ | ʂ | · | · | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
CV CVPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 94 transcribed dictionary entries (406 total tokens)
/a/
32 (7.9%)
/a˥/
25 (6.2%)
/u/
24 (5.9%)
/t/
20 (4.9%)
/h/
19 (4.7%)
/k/
18 (4.4%)
/a˩/
16 (3.9%)
/i/
16 (3.9%)
/m/
15 (3.7%)
/u˩/
14 (3.4%)
/g/
13 (3.2%)
/o/
13 (3.2%)
/ŋ/
13 (3.2%)
/l/
12 (3%)
/n/
11 (2.7%)
/e/
11 (2.7%)
/r/
10 (2.5%)
/p/
10 (2.5%)
/u˥/
10 (2.5%)
/ɽ/
9 (2.2%)
/o˥/
9 (2.2%)
/i˥/
9 (2.2%)
/d/
9 (2.2%)
/w/
8 (2%)
/ɕ/
8 (2%)
/b/
7 (1.7%)
/ʈ/
7 (1.7%)
/e˩/
7 (1.7%)
/f/
6 (1.5%)
/e˥/
5 (1.2%)