Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
15 consonants
4 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | c | kg | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | · | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | ɸ | sz | ç | x | h | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | j | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)(C)Phonological Rules
/t/ → [c] / _c /t/ → [c] / _ċ /t/ → [c] / c_ /t/ → [c] / ċ_ /h/ → [ʰ] / C_
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 76 transcribed dictionary entries (235 total tokens)
/a/
29 (12.3%)
/t/
20 (8.5%)
/u/
18 (7.7%)
/g/
15 (6.4%)
/i/
15 (6.4%)
/m/
13 (5.5%)
/ç/
12 (5.1%)
/ɔ/
12 (5.1%)
/ɔː/
10 (4.3%)
/j/
10 (4.3%)
/iː/
9 (3.8%)
/z/
9 (3.8%)
/aː/
8 (3.4%)
/s/
8 (3.4%)
/ɸ/
8 (3.4%)
/x/
6 (2.6%)
/b/
6 (2.6%)
/p/
6 (2.6%)
/uː/
6 (2.6%)
/k/
6 (2.6%)
/h/
5 (2.1%)
/d/
4 (1.7%)