Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

22 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvular
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
q
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸ
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
·
Affricate
·
·
ts
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 147 transcribed dictionary entries (641 total tokens)

/a/
75 (11.7%)
/e/
42 (6.6%)
/u/
32 (5%)
/t/
27 (4.2%)
/k/
26 (4.1%)
/g/
25 (3.9%)
/ʒ/
24 (3.7%)
//
23 (3.6%)
//
23 (3.6%)
/i/
23 (3.6%)
/n/
22 (3.4%)
/o/
21 (3.3%)
/d/
21 (3.3%)
/r/
21 (3.3%)
/m/
21 (3.3%)
/s/
20 (3.1%)
/ts/
19 (3%)
/v/
18 (2.8%)
/l/
16 (2.5%)
//
15 (2.3%)
/b/
14 (2.2%)
//
12 (1.9%)
/p/
10 (1.6%)
//
9 (1.4%)
//
9 (1.4%)
/f/
9 (1.4%)
/q/
9 (1.4%)
//
9 (1.4%)
//
8 (1.2%)
//
8 (1.2%)