Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
11 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | b | td | · | k | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | · | · | ||||
| Approximant | · | ɹ | j | w | ||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 108 transcribed dictionary entries (517 total tokens)
/ɑ/
73 (14.1%)
/n/
48 (9.3%)
/i/
47 (9.1%)
/ɔ/
44 (8.5%)
/t/
44 (8.5%)
/ɹ/
42 (8.1%)
/ɛ/
41 (7.9%)
/m/
32 (6.2%)
/s/
32 (6.2%)
/j/
22 (4.3%)
/b/
20 (3.9%)
/k/
20 (3.9%)
/ɸ/
16 (3.1%)
/u/
12 (2.3%)
/d/
10 (1.9%)
/w/
8 (1.5%)
/ks/
6 (1.2%)