Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
6 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Uvular | Pharyngeal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | ʃ | ʂ | χ | ħ | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | ɨ | ɯu |
| Close-mid | ø | · | o |
| Open | a | ä | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 9 transcribed dictionary entries (30 total tokens)
/ħ/
7 (23.3%)
/ò/
5 (16.7%)
/a/
5 (16.7%)
/ʃ/
5 (16.7%)
/ä/
3 (10%)
/u/
2 (6.7%)
/ʂ/
2 (6.7%)
/ɨ/
1 (3.3%)