Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | ʈɖ | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | ɳ | · | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | ʂ | ç | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | ɭ | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʉ | u |
| Near-close | ʏ | · | · |
| Mid | e̞ø̞ | · | o̞ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)Vː(C)(C),(C)(C)VCː(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 43 transcribed dictionary entries (142 total tokens)
/d̟/
16 (11.3%)
/e̞/
15 (10.6%)
/æ/
15 (10.6%)
/ɾ/
13 (9.2%)
/n̟/
9 (6.3%)
/v/
8 (5.6%)
/l/
7 (4.9%)
/u/
6 (4.2%)
/ɑ/
6 (4.2%)
/k/
6 (4.2%)
/s/
6 (4.2%)
/m/
5 (3.5%)
/o̞/
5 (3.5%)
/h/
5 (3.5%)
/t̟/
4 (2.8%)
/g/
3 (2.1%)
/ø̞/
2 (1.4%)
/ʉ̟/
2 (1.4%)
/f/
2 (1.4%)
/j/
2 (1.4%)
/b/
2 (1.4%)
/i/
2 (1.4%)
/ʏ/
1 (0.7%)