Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | td | · | k | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | n | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | · | r | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | ɸβ | fv | θ | sz | · | x | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | · | ɫ | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phonological Rules
/l/ → [r] / ɫV_
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 46 transcribed dictionary entries (180 total tokens)
/a/
34 (18.9%)
/i/
31 (17.2%)
/u/
25 (13.9%)
/r/
12 (6.7%)
/n/
8 (4.4%)
/x/
7 (3.9%)
/s/
7 (3.9%)
/v/
7 (3.9%)
/k/
6 (3.3%)
/m/
5 (2.8%)
/θ/
5 (2.8%)
/t/
4 (2.2%)
/p/
4 (2.2%)
/l/
4 (2.2%)
/iː/
3 (1.7%)
/b/
3 (1.7%)
/d/
3 (1.7%)
/sː/
2 (1.1%)
/ɫ/
2 (1.1%)
/β/
2 (1.1%)
/ɸ/
2 (1.1%)
/uː/
1 (0.6%)
/z/
1 (0.6%)
/aː/
1 (0.6%)
/j/
1 (0.6%)