Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ŋ | |||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | f | sz | · | x | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Near-open | · | ɐ | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)Phonological Rules
/i, e, u, o/ → [ɨ ~ ə] / in unstressed syllables /ɐ/ → [ə] / unstressed
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 6 transcribed dictionary entries (13 total tokens)
/p/
2 (15.4%)
/k/
2 (15.4%)
/b/
2 (15.4%)
/m/
2 (15.4%)
/s/
2 (15.4%)
/r/
1 (7.7%)
/w/
1 (7.7%)
/ŋ/
1 (7.7%)