Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
4 consonants
4 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | t | · | k | |||
| Trill | r | · | · | |||
| Approximant | · | j | · | |||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 35 transcribed dictionary entries (163 total tokens)
/i/
37 (22.7%)
/r/
29 (17.8%)
/a/
25 (15.3%)
/k/
23 (14.1%)
/t/
21 (12.9%)
/j/
19 (11.7%)
/ɛ/
5 (3.1%)
/ɪ/
4 (2.5%)