Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

21 consonants
9 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarPharyngealGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
k
·
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
ɲ
ŋ
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
v
sz
ʃʒ
·
ɣ
ħ
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
ɯu
Near-close
ɪʏ
··
Close-mid
eø
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 10 transcribed dictionary entries (41 total tokens)

/a/
12 (29.3%)
/n/
4 (9.8%)
/o/
4 (9.8%)
/ŋ/
3 (7.3%)
/k/
3 (7.3%)
/e/
3 (7.3%)
/r/
2 (4.9%)
/t/
2 (4.9%)
/m/
2 (4.9%)
/d/
2 (4.9%)
/s/
1 (2.4%)
/b/
1 (2.4%)
/u/
1 (2.4%)
/p/
1 (2.4%)