Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | q | · | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | ŋ | · | · | ||||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | f | sz | ʃʒ | · | x | · | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 71 transcribed dictionary entries (344 total tokens)
/a/
53 (15.4%)
/t/
19 (5.5%)
/i/
17 (4.9%)
/m/
17 (4.9%)
/n/
16 (4.7%)
/s/
16 (4.7%)
/k/
15 (4.4%)
/u/
14 (4.1%)
/r/
13 (3.8%)
/ʒ/
13 (3.8%)
/e/
12 (3.5%)
/ã/
12 (3.5%)
/o/
11 (3.2%)
/q/
9 (2.6%)
/tʰ/
9 (2.6%)
/aː/
9 (2.6%)
/l/
8 (2.3%)
/d/
7 (2%)
/p/
7 (2%)
/ẽ/
7 (2%)
/kʰ/
6 (1.7%)
/õ/
6 (1.7%)
/eː/
5 (1.5%)
/f/
5 (1.5%)
/g/
5 (1.5%)
/w/
4 (1.2%)
/b/
4 (1.2%)
/ɸ/
4 (1.2%)
/iː/
3 (0.9%)
/x/
3 (0.9%)