Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | f | sz | ʃ | x | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | ʋ | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | ä | ɑ |
Phonological Rules
/h/ -> [] / h silent between consonants and at end of word /ŋ/ -> [n] / when not end of syllable
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 13 transcribed dictionary entries (46 total tokens)
/o/
13 (28.3%)
/n/
4 (8.7%)
/p/
3 (6.5%)
/i/
2 (4.3%)
/au/
2 (4.3%)
/ʋ/
1 (2.2%)
/ä/
1 (2.2%)
/r/
1 (2.2%)
/e/
1 (2.2%)
/k/
1 (2.2%)
/s/
1 (2.2%)
/l/
1 (2.2%)
/æ/
1 (2.2%)
/f/
1 (2.2%)
/m/
1 (2.2%)
/u/
1 (2.2%)
/j/
1 (2.2%)
/ɑ/
1 (2.2%)
/ʃ/
1 (2.2%)
/ai/
1 (2.2%)
/h/
1 (2.2%)
/g/
1 (2.2%)
/ø/
1 (2.2%)
/b/
1 (2.2%)
/oi/
1 (2.2%)
/t/
1 (2.2%)
/ʏ/
1 (2.2%)