Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

19 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
p
·
td
·
·
k
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸβ
v
sz
ʃʒ
·
xɣ
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
w
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Near-close··
ʊ
Mid·
ə
·
Open-mid
ɛ
··
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 5 transcribed dictionary entries (10 total tokens)

/ə/
2 (20%)
/s/
2 (20%)
/t/
1 (10%)
/ʊ/
1 (10%)
/m/
1 (10%)
/ɛ/
1 (10%)
/n/
1 (10%)
/β/
1 (10%)