Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
18 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ɕʑ | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | ɯu |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 25 transcribed dictionary entries (117 total tokens)
/a/
11 (9.4%)
/r/
9 (7.7%)
/y/
9 (7.7%)
/ɕ/
8 (6.8%)
/ɛ/
7 (6%)
/t/
6 (5.1%)
/ɑ/
6 (5.1%)
/k/
6 (5.1%)
/ɔ/
5 (4.3%)
/g/
5 (4.3%)
/n/
4 (3.4%)
/u/
4 (3.4%)
/i/
4 (3.4%)
/ʑ/
4 (3.4%)
/ɯ/
4 (3.4%)
/j/
3 (2.6%)
/l/
3 (2.6%)
/ə/
3 (2.6%)
/s/
3 (2.6%)
/ʥ/
2 (1.7%)
/d/
2 (1.7%)
/m/
2 (1.7%)
/aː/
1 (0.9%)
/w/
1 (0.9%)
/yː/
1 (0.9%)
/iː/
1 (0.9%)
/v/
1 (0.9%)
/p/
1 (0.9%)
/z/
1 (0.9%)