Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
12 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | · | · | · | · | ʔ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | · | · | ʃ | · | ɦ | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | · | kx | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | ʋ | · | · | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Mid | e̞ | · | o̞ |
| Open | · | ä | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(V)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 84 transcribed dictionary entries (292 total tokens)
/o̞/
34 (11.6%)
/ä/
33 (11.3%)
/i/
32 (11%)
/u/
31 (10.6%)
/e̞/
25 (8.6%)
/m/
18 (6.2%)
/l/
16 (5.5%)
/iː/
12 (4.1%)
/äː/
12 (4.1%)
/ŋ/
9 (3.1%)
/ɦ/
8 (2.7%)
/ʋ/
8 (2.7%)
/ʃ/
7 (2.4%)
/b/
7 (2.4%)
/uː/
7 (2.4%)
/ɸ/
6 (2.1%)
/ɾ/
5 (1.7%)
/ŋʷ/
5 (1.7%)
/lʷ/
3 (1%)
/mʷ/
3 (1%)
/ʃʷ/
3 (1%)
/ɸʷ/
2 (0.7%)
/ɦʷ/
2 (0.7%)
/ɾʷ/
2 (0.7%)
/bʷ/
2 (0.7%)