Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kg
q
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
ŋ
·
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θð
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
·
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

CV(C)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 216 transcribed dictionary entries (1,021 total tokens)

/a/
118 (11.6%)
/e/
83 (8.1%)
/n/
82 (8%)
/t/
72 (7.1%)
/k/
71 (7%)
//
53 (5.2%)
/o/
46 (4.5%)
/u/
41 (4%)
/ʒ/
39 (3.8%)
/s/
36 (3.5%)
/i/
36 (3.5%)
//
33 (3.2%)
/r/
33 (3.2%)
/g/
30 (2.9%)
/d/
30 (2.9%)
/m/
26 (2.5%)
/p/
23 (2.3%)
/θ/
18 (1.8%)
/v/
18 (1.8%)
/l/
15 (1.5%)
/ʃ/
14 (1.4%)
//
14 (1.4%)
/ð/
13 (1.3%)
/f/
13 (1.3%)
/b/
12 (1.2%)
//
11 (1.1%)
/h/
10 (1%)
//
9 (0.9%)
/j/
7 (0.7%)
/w/
6 (0.6%)