Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
13 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | d | · | · | g | q | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | r | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | β | z | ɕ | · | x | · | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tɕ | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 4 transcribed dictionary entries (13 total tokens)
/b/
3 (23.1%)
/à/
2 (15.4%)
/í/
1 (7.7%)
/l/
1 (7.7%)
/ɛ̀/
1 (7.7%)
/m/
1 (7.7%)
/ɛ́/
1 (7.7%)
/ú/
1 (7.7%)
/d/
1 (7.7%)
/ɔ̀/
1 (7.7%)