Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | k | q | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | · | χ | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | j | w | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | · | ɜ | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 78 transcribed dictionary entries (299 total tokens)
/e/
35 (11.7%)
/i/
34 (11.4%)
/ɑ/
30 (10%)
/n/
26 (8.7%)
/t/
25 (8.4%)
/s/
23 (7.7%)
/o/
17 (5.7%)
/ɹ/
15 (5%)
/l/
12 (4%)
/k/
10 (3.3%)
/v/
9 (3%)
/u/
9 (3%)
/j/
7 (2.3%)
/f/
7 (2.3%)
/m/
6 (2%)
/d/
6 (2%)
/h/
5 (1.7%)
/z/
4 (1.3%)
/w/
4 (1.3%)
/ɜ/
3 (1%)
/ks/
2 (0.7%)
/ū/
2 (0.7%)
/χ/
2 (0.7%)
/p/
2 (0.7%)
/b/
2 (0.7%)
/zː/
1 (0.3%)
/qw/
1 (0.3%)