Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | ʔ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | h | ||||||
| Lateral fricative | · | · | ɬɮ | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
CVPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 65 transcribed dictionary entries (334 total tokens)
/a/
45 (13.5%)
/t/
34 (10.2%)
/e/
31 (9.3%)
/o/
23 (6.9%)
/i/
23 (6.9%)
/u/
17 (5.1%)
/s/
17 (5.1%)
/m/
16 (4.8%)
/ə/
15 (4.5%)
/k/
11 (3.3%)
/p/
10 (3%)
/kʼ/
10 (3%)
/n/
10 (3%)
/r/
9 (2.7%)
/ɬ/
8 (2.4%)
/β/
7 (2.1%)
/ŋ/
7 (2.1%)
/b/
6 (1.8%)
/d/
6 (1.8%)
/d̪/
5 (1.5%)
/f/
5 (1.5%)
/tʼ/
4 (1.2%)
/t̪/
3 (0.9%)
/v/
3 (0.9%)
/ʔ/
3 (0.9%)
/g/
3 (0.9%)
/z/
1 (0.3%)
/ɸ/
1 (0.3%)
/ɮ/
1 (0.3%)