Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | · | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | ʃʒ | · | · | ʁ | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 42 transcribed dictionary entries (142 total tokens)
/a/
23 (16.2%)
/e/
16 (11.3%)
/l/
14 (9.9%)
/m/
9 (6.3%)
/ɹ/
9 (6.3%)
/n/
8 (5.6%)
/ɾ/
8 (5.6%)
/o/
7 (4.9%)
/ĩ/
6 (4.2%)
/t/
5 (3.5%)
/õ/
5 (3.5%)
/ã/
4 (2.8%)
/i/
3 (2.1%)
/p/
3 (2.1%)
/ʁ/
3 (2.1%)
/s/
3 (2.1%)
/ẽ/
3 (2.1%)
/u/
3 (2.1%)
/v/
3 (2.1%)
/d/
2 (1.4%)
/k/
2 (1.4%)
/j/
1 (0.7%)
/ʃ/
1 (0.7%)
/b/
1 (0.7%)