Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

22 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
kg
ʔ
Nasal
m
·
n
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸβ
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
h
Lateral fricative
·
·
ɬɮ
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Mid·
ə
·
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

CV

Phoneme 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%)
//
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%)
//
5 (1.5%)
/f/
5 (1.5%)
//
4 (1.2%)
//
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%)