Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
14 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | t | · | k | q | ʔ | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | β | f | · | · | x | χ | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | · | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | · |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | · | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 45 transcribed dictionary entries (110 total tokens)
/χ/
10 (9.1%)
/n/
9 (8.2%)
/na/
5 (4.5%)
/kɒ/
5 (4.5%)
/ta/
5 (4.5%)
/ka/
4 (3.6%)
/ku/
4 (3.6%)
/mɒ/
4 (3.6%)
/tɒ/
4 (3.6%)
/xe/
3 (2.7%)
/nə/
3 (2.7%)
/kə/
3 (2.7%)
/nɔ/
3 (2.7%)
/pa/
3 (2.7%)
/βe/
3 (2.7%)
/ʔ/
3 (2.7%)
/xa/
2 (1.8%)
/fu/
2 (1.8%)
/ju/
2 (1.8%)
/βa/
2 (1.8%)
/fɒ/
2 (1.8%)
/qe/
2 (1.8%)
/tɔ/
2 (1.8%)
/mu/
2 (1.8%)
/mɔ/
2 (1.8%)
/xɒ/
1 (0.9%)
/xu/
1 (0.9%)
/xɔ/
1 (0.9%)
/ke/
1 (0.9%)
/pu/
1 (0.9%)