Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

23 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
kg
ʔ
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θð
sz
ʃʒ
·
h
Lateral fricative
·
·
·
ɬɮ
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
w
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Mid·
ə
·
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

CV(C)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 208 transcribed dictionary entries (958 total tokens)

/a/
105 (11%)
/e/
93 (9.7%)
/t/
92 (9.6%)
/o/
77 (8%)
/ə/
71 (7.4%)
/i/
67 (7%)
/s/
47 (4.9%)
/u/
39 (4.1%)
/d/
31 (3.2%)
/m/
29 (3%)
/n/
18 (1.9%)
//
18 (1.9%)
/ɬ/
18 (1.9%)
/k/
17 (1.8%)
//
17 (1.8%)
/ð/
16 (1.7%)
/θ/
16 (1.7%)
/ŋ/
15 (1.6%)
/g/
15 (1.6%)
//
14 (1.5%)
/p/
13 (1.4%)
/b/
13 (1.4%)
//
12 (1.3%)
/v/
12 (1.3%)
//
11 (1.1%)
/ɬʼ/
10 (1%)
//
10 (1%)
//
10 (1%)
//
8 (0.8%)
/w/
7 (0.7%)