Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
15 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | k | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | |||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | x | h | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 30 transcribed dictionary entries (114 total tokens)
/a/
19 (16.7%)
/r/
12 (10.5%)
/e/
11 (9.6%)
/ɔ/
11 (9.6%)
/l/
8 (7%)
/i/
8 (7%)
/ɛ/
7 (6.1%)
/v/
7 (6.1%)
/m/
6 (5.3%)
/h/
5 (4.4%)
/n/
5 (4.4%)
/s/
4 (3.5%)
/u/
4 (3.5%)
/f/
4 (3.5%)
/d/
2 (1.8%)
/z/
1 (0.9%)