Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

15 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
k
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
·
ɽ
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
s
·
ʝ
·
ɦ
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid··
o
Near-open
æ
··
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

(C)CV(C)(C)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 23 transcribed dictionary entries (90 total tokens)

/o/
12 (13.3%)
/u/
11 (12.2%)
/a/
10 (11.1%)
/t/
9 (10%)
/k/
8 (8.9%)
/l/
8 (8.9%)
/f/
8 (8.9%)
/n/
6 (6.7%)
/æ/
5 (5.6%)
/ʝ/
3 (3.3%)
/b/
2 (2.2%)
/s/
2 (2.2%)
/d/
1 (1.1%)
/p/
1 (1.1%)
/m/
1 (1.1%)
/ɦ/
1 (1.1%)
/w/
1 (1.1%)
/v/
1 (1.1%)