Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
15 consonants
8 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | · | · | h | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | · | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | ʉ | · |
| Close-mid | eø | · | o |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 107 transcribed dictionary entries (499 total tokens)
/r/
46 (9.2%)
/n/
37 (7.4%)
/d/
35 (7%)
/ɑ/
33 (6.6%)
/s/
31 (6.2%)
/o/
31 (6.2%)
/l/
31 (6.2%)
/v/
28 (5.6%)
/k/
23 (4.6%)
/ĩ/
22 (4.4%)
/i/
21 (4.2%)
/m/
20 (4%)
/e/
19 (3.8%)
/æ/
16 (3.2%)
/h/
15 (3%)
/t/
13 (2.6%)
/g/
13 (2.6%)
/j/
13 (2.6%)
/f/
9 (1.8%)
/ʉ/
9 (1.8%)
/p/
8 (1.6%)
/y/
6 (1.2%)
/b/
5 (1%)
/ỹ/
3 (0.6%)
/ʉ̃/
3 (0.6%)
/ø/
3 (0.6%)
/ẽ/
3 (0.6%)
/õ/
2 (0.4%)
/ã/
1 (0.2%)