Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
23 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | cɟ | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | ɲ | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | çʝ | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | · |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | · | ɐ | · |
| Open | ɶ | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(V)(C)(V)Phonological Rules
/i/ -> [ʝ] / _V /i/ -> [ʝe] / e_ /i/ -> [ʝɔ] / o_ /i/ -> [ʝɐ] / a_ /y/ -> [w] / _V /y/ -> [we] / e_ /y/ -> [wɔ] / o_ /y/ -> [wɐ] / a_
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 33 transcribed dictionary entries (95 total tokens)
/ɐ/
14 (14.7%)
/ɔ/
10 (10.5%)
/i/
10 (10.5%)
/t/
8 (8.4%)
/e/
6 (6.3%)
/l/
6 (6.3%)
/n/
6 (6.3%)
/m/
5 (5.3%)
/d/
5 (5.3%)
/p/
4 (4.2%)
/ɹ/
4 (4.2%)
/k/
3 (3.2%)
/s/
2 (2.1%)
/c/
2 (2.1%)
/f/
2 (2.1%)
/b/
1 (1.1%)
/r/
1 (1.1%)
/ɟ/
1 (1.1%)
/ɲ/
1 (1.1%)
/y/
1 (1.1%)
/z/
1 (1.1%)
/v/
1 (1.1%)
/ŋ/
1 (1.1%)