Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
8 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | · | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | h | ||||
| Approximant | · | ɹ | · | · | ||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
Syllable Structure
CVPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 43 transcribed dictionary entries (174 total tokens)
/ə/
37 (21.3%)
/i/
25 (14.4%)
/u/
25 (14.4%)
/t/
22 (12.6%)
/h/
12 (6.9%)
/p/
11 (6.3%)
/m/
10 (5.7%)
/n/
9 (5.2%)
/ɹ/
8 (4.6%)
/k/
8 (4.6%)
/s/
7 (4%)