Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

12 consonants
13 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialDentalAlveolarPostalveolarVelarUvular
Plosive
·
·
·
·
k
q
Nasal
m
·
·
·
ŋ
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
·
ð
s
ʒ
·
χʁ
Lateral fricative
·
·
ɬɮ
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
ɨ
u
Near-close
ɪ
·
ʊ
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open-mid
ɛœ
ɜ
·
Open
a
·
ɒ

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 28 transcribed dictionary entries (47 total tokens)

/i/
14 (29.8%)
/ɛ/
7 (14.9%)
/a/
4 (8.5%)
/œ/
4 (8.5%)
/q/
3 (6.4%)
//
3 (6.4%)
/ɬ/
2 (4.3%)
/e/
2 (4.3%)
//
1 (2.1%)
/u/
1 (2.1%)
//
1 (2.1%)
//
1 (2.1%)
/ɜː/
1 (2.1%)
/y/
1 (2.1%)
/ɜ/
1 (2.1%)
/ɛː/
1 (2.1%)