Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
29 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | · | k | qɢ | ʔ | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | ɲ | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ⱱ | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | f | θð | sz | ʃ | · | xɣ | χ | h | |||||||||
| Approximant | · | ʋ | · | ɹ | · | j | · | · | · | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | |||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | · | ɜ | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 5 transcribed dictionary entries (12 total tokens)
/n/
3 (25%)
/s/
2 (16.7%)
/ə/
2 (16.7%)
/qʰ/
1 (8.3%)
/l/
1 (8.3%)
/χ/
1 (8.3%)
/m/
1 (8.3%)
/a/
1 (8.3%)