Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | ʃ | · | x | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Mid | e̞ | · | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 228 transcribed dictionary entries (918 total tokens)
/i/
87 (9.5%)
/s/
73 (8%)
/a/
66 (7.2%)
/e̞/
61 (6.6%)
/tʰ/
54 (5.9%)
/n/
53 (5.8%)
/ɔ/
51 (5.6%)
/u/
48 (5.2%)
/r̥/
47 (5.1%)
/l/
46 (5%)
/m/
43 (4.7%)
/kʰ/
37 (4%)
/d/
35 (3.8%)
/pʰ/
31 (3.4%)
/w/
26 (2.8%)
/ʃ/
23 (2.5%)
/v/
23 (2.5%)
/g/
22 (2.4%)
/y/
21 (2.3%)
/b/
20 (2.2%)
/j/
18 (2%)
/x/
18 (2%)
/f/
15 (1.6%)