Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
8 consonants
9 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | q | ʔ | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | ɴ | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 11 transcribed dictionary entries (40 total tokens)
/n/
8 (20%)
/q/
6 (15%)
/t/
4 (10%)
/ɛ/
4 (10%)
/ɨ/
3 (7.5%)
/i/
3 (7.5%)
/aː/
3 (7.5%)
/ʊ/
2 (5%)
/̪/
2 (5%)
/ɴ/
2 (5%)
/e/
1 (2.5%)
/a/
1 (2.5%)
/ʔ/
1 (2.5%)