Sound inventory and phonological rules
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | ʈ | c | k | ɢ | ʔ | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | · | · | ||||||||
| Fricative | · | s | ʃ | ʂ | · | xɣ | · | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | · | ||||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | · | · | ʟ | · | · | ||||||||
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
(C)(C)V(C)(C)Distribution of phonemes across 577 transcribed dictionary entries (2,642 total tokens)