Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
14 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | ʁ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | · | ɘ | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | · | ä | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)(C)Phonological Rules
/i/ → [j] / _V /i/ → [j] / V_ /lʲ/ → [l] / _ä /lʲ/ → [l] / _ɔ /lʲ/ → [l] / _u /lʲ/ → [l] / _ɘ
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 104 transcribed dictionary entries (419 total tokens)
/ʁ/
43 (10.3%)
/i/
42 (10%)
/ä/
41 (9.8%)
/ɛ/
37 (8.8%)
/s/
31 (7.4%)
/n/
28 (6.7%)
/ɔ/
23 (5.5%)
/t/
22 (5.3%)
/k/
19 (4.5%)
/m/
17 (4.1%)
/p/
14 (3.3%)
/g/
14 (3.3%)
/lʲ/
12 (2.9%)
/ʒ/
11 (2.6%)
/y/
9 (2.1%)
/u/
9 (2.1%)
/ɘ/
9 (2.1%)
/ʃ/
9 (2.1%)
/b/
8 (1.9%)
/z/
7 (1.7%)
/v/
6 (1.4%)
/d/
5 (1.2%)
/f/
3 (0.7%)