Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

9 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalRetroflexUvularPharyngeal
Plosive
b
·
ʈ
ɢ
·
Nasal
·
ɱ
ɳ
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɽ
·
·
Fricative
·
v
ʐ
·
ħ

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
ʉ
·
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
·
ɑ

Syllable Structure

CVCVCC(V), CC(V)CC(v)v(CC)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 13 transcribed dictionary entries (54 total tokens)

/e/
15 (27.8%)
/ʈʉ/
7 (13%)
/ɽ/
7 (13%)
/ɑi/
7 (13%)
/ʐ/
4 (7.4%)
/o/
4 (7.4%)
/ɳ/
4 (7.4%)
/ħ/
3 (5.6%)
/ae/
2 (3.7%)
/ɢ/
1 (1.9%)