Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
10 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kg
q
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
ŋ
·
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θ
s
ʃ
·
x
χʁ
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Near-close
ɪ
·
ʊ
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ɔ
Open
a
·
ɑ

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 22 transcribed dictionary entries (102 total tokens)

/a/
18 (17.6%)
/u/
8 (7.8%)
/i/
7 (6.9%)
/t/
7 (6.9%)
/ʃ/
6 (5.9%)
/k/
5 (4.9%)
/s/
5 (4.9%)
/n/
4 (3.9%)
/p/
4 (3.9%)
/m/
3 (2.9%)
/o/
3 (2.9%)
/e/
3 (2.9%)
/ɛ/
3 (2.9%)
/ɑ/
3 (2.9%)
/l/
3 (2.9%)
/θ/
2 (2%)
/f/
2 (2%)
/r/
2 (2%)
/d/
2 (2%)
/g/
2 (2%)
/q/
2 (2%)
//
2 (2%)
/ɪ/
1 (1%)
/χ/
1 (1%)
/ɔ/
1 (1%)
/x/
1 (1%)
/ã/
1 (1%)
/j/
1 (1%)