Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

10 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialAlveolarVelar
Plosive
pb
t
kg
Nasal
m
n
·
Fricative
·
s
·
Approximant
·
·
w
Lateral approximant
·
l
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Near-close··
ʊ
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open··
ɑ

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 12 transcribed dictionary entries (60 total tokens)

/ɑ/
22 (36.7%)
/i/
7 (11.7%)
/t/
5 (8.3%)
/s/
5 (8.3%)
/u/
4 (6.7%)
/k/
4 (6.7%)
/n/
4 (6.7%)
/b/
2 (3.3%)
/m/
2 (3.3%)
/g/
2 (3.3%)
//
1 (1.7%)
/l/
1 (1.7%)
/w/
1 (1.7%)