Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
8 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | · | ɟ | · | ʔ | ||||||
| Nasal | · | · | · | ɲ | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | ʙ | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | ʃ | · | ʝ | χ | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | ɭ | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | ʉ | · |
| Close-mid | ø | · | · |
| Open-mid | œ | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 54 transcribed dictionary entries (159 total tokens)
/ɭœ/
12 (7.5%)
/ɧœ/
12 (7.5%)
/ɟœ/
11 (6.9%)
/ɲœ/
9 (5.7%)
/ɟʉ/
8 (5%)
/ʃœ/
8 (5%)
/ɲʉ/
8 (5%)
/ɲø/
7 (4.4%)
/ʙœ/
7 (4.4%)
/ʃʉ/
7 (4.4%)
/ɭ/
6 (3.8%)
/ʙʉ/
6 (3.8%)
/ɭʉ/
6 (3.8%)
/ɧø/
6 (3.8%)
/χʉ/
6 (3.8%)
/ɟø/
5 (3.1%)
/ʝœ/
5 (3.1%)
/ʙø/
5 (3.1%)
/ʝʉ/
4 (2.5%)
/ɭø/
4 (2.5%)
/χø/
4 (2.5%)
/ɧʉ/
3 (1.9%)
/ʃ/
3 (1.9%)
/œ/
2 (1.3%)
/ʃø/
2 (1.3%)
/χœ/
1 (0.6%)
/œɭ/
1 (0.6%)
/ʝø/
1 (0.6%)