Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | · | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | ʃ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tʃdʒ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
C(A)V(V/N)n → m / _b n → m / _p n → ŋ / _g n → ŋ / _k
Distribution of phonemes across 60 transcribed dictionary entries (62 total tokens)