Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
14 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kg | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | ʃ | · | · | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | · | ɔ |
| Open | · | ä | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 17 transcribed dictionary entries (42 total tokens)
/ä/
11 (26.2%)
/j/
6 (14.3%)
/g/
4 (9.5%)
/u/
3 (7.1%)
/i/
3 (7.1%)
/ʃ/
2 (4.8%)
/s/
2 (4.8%)
/w/
2 (4.8%)
/y/
2 (4.8%)
/ɾ/
1 (2.4%)
/n/
1 (2.4%)
/ɸ/
1 (2.4%)
/ɛ/
1 (2.4%)
/œ/
1 (2.4%)
/p/
1 (2.4%)
/m/
1 (2.4%)