Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
7 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
td
·
cɟ
kg
Nasal
m
n
·
·
ŋ
Trill
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
sz
ɕʑ
·
xɣ
Affricate
·
·
·
tɕdʑ
·
Approximant
·
·
·
j
w
Lateral approximant
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
·
ɯu
Close-mid·
ɵ
·
Mid·
ə
·
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

(C)(C)(C)V(V)(C)

Phonological Rules

/yy/ → [yː]  
/ii/ → [iː] 
/aa/ → [aː] 
/əə/ → [əː]  
/ɵɵ/ → [ɵː] 
/ɯɯ/ → [ɯː]

ɯ

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 74 transcribed dictionary entries (283 total tokens)

/a/
51 (18%)
/u/
23 (8.1%)
/k/
22 (7.8%)
/t/
17 (6%)
/i/
14 (4.9%)
/j/
13 (4.6%)
/ɵ/
12 (4.2%)
/y/
12 (4.2%)
/m/
11 (3.9%)
/ŋ/
10 (3.5%)
/w/
10 (3.5%)
/n/
10 (3.5%)
/b/
9 (3.2%)
/ə/
8 (2.8%)
/d/
7 (2.5%)
/r/
7 (2.5%)
/s/
6 (2.1%)
/ɕ/
5 (1.8%)
/g/
5 (1.8%)
/l/
4 (1.4%)
/x/
3 (1.1%)
/dʑ/
3 (1.1%)
/ɯ/
3 (1.1%)
/ɣ/
3 (1.1%)
/p/
3 (1.1%)
/tɕ/
2 (0.7%)
/ɵː/
2 (0.7%)
/z/
2 (0.7%)
/əː/
1 (0.4%)
/uː/
1 (0.4%)