Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | q | ʔ | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | x | χ | · | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 36 transcribed dictionary entries (152 total tokens)
/i/
15 (9.9%)
/r/
10 (6.6%)
/e/
10 (6.6%)
/k/
9 (5.9%)
/d/
8 (5.3%)
/u/
8 (5.3%)
/a/
7 (4.6%)
/t/
7 (4.6%)
/s/
6 (3.9%)
/n/
6 (3.9%)
/ʒ/
6 (3.9%)
/y/
5 (3.3%)
/je/
5 (3.3%)
/l/
4 (2.6%)
/ɒː/
4 (2.6%)
/z/
4 (2.6%)
/m/
4 (2.6%)
/b/
3 (2%)
/ja/
3 (2%)
/o/
3 (2%)
/v/
3 (2%)
/øː/
3 (2%)
/q/
3 (2%)
/p/
2 (1.3%)
/x/
2 (1.3%)
/j/
2 (1.3%)
/χ/
2 (1.3%)
/f/
2 (1.3%)
/ju/
2 (1.3%)
/ʃ/
2 (1.3%)