Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | k | · | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | ʃ | · | · | ʁ | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | ʉ | u |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 155 transcribed dictionary entries (563 total tokens)
/s/
61 (10.8%)
/a/
56 (9.9%)
/t/
50 (8.9%)
/æ/
36 (6.4%)
/n/
35 (6.2%)
/l/
34 (6%)
/ʁ/
29 (5.2%)
/ʃ/
29 (5.2%)
/m/
26 (4.6%)
/u/
26 (4.6%)
/i/
26 (4.6%)
/d/
24 (4.3%)
/j/
19 (3.4%)
/k/
16 (2.8%)
/e/
14 (2.5%)
/ø/
12 (2.1%)
/h/
12 (2.1%)
/v/
10 (1.8%)
/p/
9 (1.6%)
/f/
8 (1.4%)
/ʉ/
8 (1.4%)
/b/
7 (1.2%)
/o/
6 (1.1%)
/y/
5 (0.9%)
/w/
5 (0.9%)