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 85 transcribed dictionary entries (364 total tokens)
/a/
30 (8.2%)
/u/
23 (6.3%)
/a˥/
21 (5.8%)
/t/
17 (4.7%)
/h/
16 (4.4%)
/i/
14 (3.8%)
/k/
14 (3.8%)
/m/
13 (3.6%)
/a˩/
13 (3.6%)
/l/
12 (3.3%)
/u˩/
12 (3.3%)
/g/
12 (3.3%)
/o/
12 (3.3%)
/ŋ/
12 (3.3%)
/e/
10 (2.7%)
/u˥/
10 (2.7%)
/p/
9 (2.5%)
/n/
9 (2.5%)
/d/
9 (2.5%)
/r/
9 (2.5%)
/o˥/
8 (2.2%)
/ɕ/
8 (2.2%)
/i˥/
8 (2.2%)
/ɽ/
8 (2.2%)
/e˩/
7 (1.9%)
/w/
7 (1.9%)
/f/
6 (1.6%)
/b/
6 (1.6%)
/ʈ/
6 (1.6%)
/ʑ/
5 (1.4%)