Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | cɟ | k | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | s | çʝ | · | h | |||||
| Lateral fricative | · | ɮ | · | · | · | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɥ | w | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 78 transcribed dictionary entries (208 total tokens)
/a/
31 (14.9%)
/k/
22 (10.6%)
/t/
18 (8.7%)
/m/
16 (7.7%)
/s/
13 (6.3%)
/p/
13 (6.3%)
/ɔ/
12 (5.8%)
/ç/
11 (5.3%)
/oː/
11 (5.3%)
/ɰ/
8 (3.8%)
/iː/
8 (3.8%)
/β/
8 (3.8%)
/ɑː/
8 (3.8%)
/ɥ/
7 (3.4%)
/ð/
5 (2.4%)
/ʝ/
5 (2.4%)
/h/
5 (2.4%)
/ɸ/
4 (1.9%)
/uː/
3 (1.4%)