Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
4 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 | · | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 81 transcribed dictionary entries (261 total tokens)
/ɑ/
20 (7.7%)
/n/
18 (6.9%)
/ɪ/
14 (5.4%)
/m/
14 (5.4%)
/ɛ/
14 (5.4%)
/k/
14 (5.4%)
/ə̝/
12 (4.6%)
/ɯ/
10 (3.8%)
/v/
9 (3.4%)
/h/
9 (3.4%)
/d/
9 (3.4%)
/m̥/
8 (3.1%)
/f/
8 (3.1%)
/t/
8 (3.1%)
/s/
8 (3.1%)
/ʃ/
8 (3.1%)
/g/
8 (3.1%)
/x/
7 (2.7%)
/z/
7 (2.7%)
/n̥/
7 (2.7%)
/ɦ/
7 (2.7%)
/ʒ/
7 (2.7%)
/ɣ/
7 (2.7%)
/ɹɯ/
6 (2.3%)
/ɹɪ/
6 (2.3%)
/ɹɑ/
6 (2.3%)
/ɹɛ/
5 (1.9%)
/ɹ/
5 (1.9%)