Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
15 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | · | k | q | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | · | · | |||||
| Trill | · | r | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | ɸ | s | · | x | χ | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | j | · | · | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | ʎ | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 178 transcribed dictionary entries (735 total tokens)
/s/
64 (8.7%)
/e/
49 (6.7%)
/r/
47 (6.4%)
/ə/
47 (6.4%)
/o/
47 (6.4%)
/t/
45 (6.1%)
/i/
42 (5.7%)
/a/
33 (4.5%)
/u/
32 (4.4%)
/n/
31 (4.2%)
/eə/
26 (3.5%)
/ɸ/
25 (3.4%)
/l/
22 (3%)
/aɪ/
22 (3%)
/p/
20 (2.7%)
/x/
18 (2.4%)
/j/
16 (2.2%)
/q/
15 (2%)
/oə/
13 (1.8%)
/k/
12 (1.6%)
/χ/
12 (1.6%)
/tʲ/
10 (1.4%)
/uə/
9 (1.2%)
/m/
9 (1.2%)
/eɪ/
8 (1.1%)
/ɲ/
8 (1.1%)
/uɪ/
8 (1.1%)
/iə/
8 (1.1%)
/sʲ/
7 (1%)
/ʎ/
7 (1%)