Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | d | · | ʈ | · | kg | ʡ | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | z | ʒ | · | · | ɣ | ħ | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 331 transcribed dictionary entries (1,032 total tokens)
/k/
200 (19.4%)
/ɑː/
187 (18.1%)
/l/
96 (9.3%)
/m/
75 (7.3%)
/u/
75 (7.3%)
/w/
65 (6.3%)
/ħ/
50 (4.8%)
/b/
49 (4.7%)
/d/
48 (4.7%)
/g/
47 (4.6%)
/j/
33 (3.2%)
/i/
28 (2.7%)
/kʰ/
24 (2.3%)
/̙/
19 (1.8%)
/ʡ/
9 (0.9%)
/kʷ/
9 (0.9%)
/ʈ/
6 (0.6%)
/ɛ/
5 (0.5%)
/z/
3 (0.3%)
/ʧ/
1 (0.1%)
/p/
1 (0.1%)
/ʒ/
1 (0.1%)
/ɾ/
1 (0.1%)