Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | xɣ | hɦ | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tʃdʒ | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | · | ɯ |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | · | ɘ | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 114 transcribed dictionary entries (380 total tokens)
/ɑ/
28 (7.4%)
/m/
28 (7.4%)
/n/
26 (6.8%)
/ɛ/
24 (6.3%)
/ɪ/
22 (5.8%)
/k/
17 (4.5%)
/ə̝/
16 (4.2%)
/g/
14 (3.7%)
/ɯ/
13 (3.4%)
/d/
13 (3.4%)
/t/
12 (3.2%)
/z/
12 (3.2%)
/s/
12 (3.2%)
/ɦ/
11 (2.9%)
/v/
11 (2.9%)
/h/
11 (2.9%)
/f/
11 (2.9%)
/ʒ/
11 (2.9%)
/m̥/
10 (2.6%)
/ɹɛ/
10 (2.6%)
/n̥/
10 (2.6%)
/ɹ/
9 (2.4%)
/ɹɑ/
9 (2.4%)
/x/
8 (2.1%)
/ɣ/
8 (2.1%)
/ɹɯ/
8 (2.1%)
/ɹɪ/
8 (2.1%)
/ʃ/
8 (2.1%)