Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

18 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
c
kg
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʂʐ
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
w
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
·
ɑ

Phonological Rules

/a/ → [ɑ] / [+retroflex]_
/ɾ/ → [r] / _C

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 284 transcribed dictionary entries (1,207 total tokens)

/a/
182 (15.1%)
/ɾ/
93 (7.7%)
/i/
91 (7.5%)
/e/
85 (7%)
/n/
84 (7%)
/u/
79 (6.5%)
/l/
77 (6.4%)
/ɑ/
68 (5.6%)
/w/
62 (5.1%)
/m/
50 (4.1%)
/g/
48 (4%)
/c/
42 (3.5%)
/k/
42 (3.5%)
/d/
35 (2.9%)
/s/
31 (2.6%)
/o/
28 (2.3%)
/f/
27 (2.2%)
/t/
20 (1.7%)
/ʂ/
14 (1.2%)
/v/
13 (1.1%)
/z/
13 (1.1%)
/p/
11 (0.9%)
/b/
4 (0.3%)
/ɑː/
3 (0.2%)
//
2 (0.2%)
//
2 (0.2%)
//
1 (0.1%)