Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | ɣ | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Near-open | · | ɐ | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 99 transcribed dictionary entries (445 total tokens)
/a/
60 (13.5%)
/ɛ/
31 (7%)
/t/
29 (6.5%)
/k/
28 (6.3%)
/d/
26 (5.8%)
/ɔ/
26 (5.8%)
/r/
24 (5.4%)
/n/
23 (5.2%)
/s/
19 (4.3%)
/ʃ/
17 (3.8%)
/ɪ/
17 (3.8%)
/u/
16 (3.6%)
/ɐ/
13 (2.9%)
/v/
12 (2.7%)
/i/
10 (2.2%)
/z/
10 (2.2%)
/l/
10 (2.2%)
/g/
9 (2%)
/ʊ/
9 (2%)
/m/
9 (2%)
/w/
7 (1.6%)
/j/
7 (1.6%)
/p/
6 (1.3%)
/b/
6 (1.3%)
/ʒ/
5 (1.1%)
/f/
4 (0.9%)
/aː/
3 (0.7%)
/uː/
2 (0.4%)
/ɛː/
2 (0.4%)
/ɣ/
2 (0.4%)