Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

18 consonants
8 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelar
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
kg
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θð
sz
ʃʒ
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·

Vowel Inventory

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

Syllable Structure

(C)V(V)(C)(C)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 37 transcribed dictionary entries (95 total tokens)

/ɑ/
17 (17.9%)
/i/
13 (13.7%)
/ə/
10 (10.5%)
/n/
9 (9.5%)
/k/
7 (7.4%)
/m/
7 (7.4%)
/v/
6 (6.3%)
//
5 (5.3%)
/l/
5 (5.3%)
/ʒ/
5 (5.3%)
/u/
3 (3.2%)
/r/
1 (1.1%)
/f/
1 (1.1%)
/t/
1 (1.1%)
/g/
1 (1.1%)
/ʊ/
1 (1.1%)
/s/
1 (1.1%)
/θ/
1 (1.1%)
/z/
1 (1.1%)