Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
10 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | · | k | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ɾ | · | · | ||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | · | ||||
| Approximant | · | · | j | w | ||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | ||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 38 transcribed dictionary entries (119 total tokens)
/k/
13 (10.9%)
/a/
13 (10.9%)
/i/
12 (10.1%)
/ɛ/
11 (9.2%)
/m/
11 (9.2%)
/l/
10 (8.4%)
/t/
10 (8.4%)
/ɾ/
8 (6.7%)
/p/
7 (5.9%)
/n/
6 (5%)
/u/
6 (5%)
/o/
6 (5%)
/s/
3 (2.5%)
/w/
2 (1.7%)
/j/
1 (0.8%)