Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | cɟ | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | · | · | · | ʀ | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃ | · | x | χ | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 32 transcribed dictionary entries (134 total tokens)
/ɑ/
16 (11.9%)
/s/
12 (9%)
/m/
11 (8.2%)
/t/
10 (7.5%)
/æ/
9 (6.7%)
/ʊ/
8 (6%)
/e/
7 (5.2%)
/l/
6 (4.5%)
/i/
6 (4.5%)
/ʃ/
5 (3.7%)
/n/
5 (3.7%)
/o/
5 (3.7%)
/ɪ/
5 (3.7%)
/ʀː/
4 (3%)
/u/
4 (3%)
/k/
3 (2.2%)
/p/
3 (2.2%)
/c/
2 (1.5%)
/b/
2 (1.5%)
/z/
2 (1.5%)
/χ/
2 (1.5%)
/f/
2 (1.5%)
/x/
1 (0.7%)
/d/
1 (0.7%)
/ɟ/
1 (0.7%)
/g/
1 (0.7%)
/ɲ/
1 (0.7%)