Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

21 consonants
18 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θð
s
ç
xɣ
h
Lateral fricative
·
·
·
ɬ
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
ʉ
u
Near-close
ɪʏ
·
ʊ
Close-mid
eø
·
o
Mid·
ə
·
Open-mid
ɛœ
·
ʌɔ
Near-open
æ
ɐ
·
Open··
ɑ

Phonological Rules

/n/ → [ŋ] / _k
/n/ → [ŋ] / _g
/ʉ/ → [ʊ] / C_C 
/i/ → [ɪ] / _n
/y/ → [ʏ] / _n
/ɾ/ → [ɾ̥] / h_
/l/ → [l̥] / h_
/n/ → [n̥] / h_
/m/ → [m̥] / h_
/e/ → [ɛ] / C_V
/o/ → [ɔ] / C_V
/ø/ → [œ] / C_V
/i/ → [j] / V_
/i/ → [j] / V_C
/u/ → [w] / V_
/u/ → [w] / V_C
/g/ → [ɣ] / V_V
/ɑ/ → [ɐ] / V_C
/ɑ/ → [ɐ] / V_
/e/ → [ə] / CC_C
/æ/ → [ə] / CC_C
/i/ → [ə] / CC_C
/ɾ/ → [ː] / V_C
/ɾ/ → [ː] / V_
/ɾ/ → [ɾ] / V_V
/f/ → [v] / V_V

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 93 transcribed dictionary entries (381 total tokens)

/ɑ/
73 (19.2%)
/n/
29 (7.6%)
/ɾ/
28 (7.3%)
/s/
17 (4.5%)
/l/
16 (4.2%)
/d/
15 (3.9%)
/ð/
15 (3.9%)
/k/
14 (3.7%)
/f/
13 (3.4%)
/b/
12 (3.1%)
/e/
12 (3.1%)
/t/
11 (2.9%)
/g/
11 (2.9%)
/ʌ/
10 (2.6%)
/h/
9 (2.4%)
/ø/
9 (2.4%)
/j/
8 (2.1%)
/v/
7 (1.8%)
/u/
6 (1.6%)
/ʉɐ/
5 (1.3%)
/p/
5 (1.3%)
/θ/
5 (1.3%)
/æ/
4 (1%)
/ʁ/
4 (1%)
/əʉ/
4 (1%)
/y/
4 (1%)
/uː/
3 (0.8%)
/i/
3 (0.8%)
/m/
3 (0.8%)
/j̊/
3 (0.8%)