Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
10 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | d | · | kg | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | · | · | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Syllable Structure
CVPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 396 transcribed dictionary entries (2,385 total tokens)
/æ/
367 (15.4%)
/oʊ/
245 (10.3%)
/ɑ/
212 (8.9%)
/k/
206 (8.6%)
/u/
190 (8%)
/aɪ/
177 (7.4%)
/g/
163 (6.8%)
/d/
150 (6.3%)
/j/
137 (5.7%)
/n/
112 (4.7%)
/w/
108 (4.5%)
/v/
95 (4%)
/f/
86 (3.6%)
/m/
75 (3.1%)
/s/
62 (2.6%)