Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
6 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 | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phonological Rules
/kw/ -> [kʷ]
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 96 transcribed dictionary entries (575 total tokens)
/ɑ/
99 (17.2%)
/t/
63 (11%)
/m/
42 (7.3%)
/u/
40 (7%)
/o/
36 (6.3%)
/n/
31 (5.4%)
/r/
30 (5.2%)
/k/
28 (4.9%)
/i/
28 (4.9%)
/l/
26 (4.5%)
/s/
24 (4.2%)
/d/
21 (3.7%)
/e/
19 (3.3%)
/j/
17 (3%)
/g/
16 (2.8%)
/f/
14 (2.4%)
/b/
14 (2.4%)
/h/
9 (1.6%)
/y/
7 (1.2%)
/v/
5 (0.9%)
/p/
3 (0.5%)
/w/
2 (0.3%)
/ks/
1 (0.2%)