Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
12 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kɡ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | f | s | · | · | xɣ | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tʃdʒ | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | eø | ɵ | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 22 transcribed dictionary entries (80 total tokens)
/a/
10 (12.5%)
/m/
9 (11.3%)
/ɪ/
8 (10%)
/ʊ/
5 (6.3%)
/i/
4 (5%)
/n/
4 (5%)
/l/
4 (5%)
/x/
4 (5%)
/d/
3 (3.8%)
/e/
3 (3.8%)
/dʒ/
3 (3.8%)
/ɵ/
2 (2.5%)
/k/
2 (2.5%)
/t/
2 (2.5%)
/u/
2 (2.5%)
/s/
2 (2.5%)
/w/
2 (2.5%)
/b/
2 (2.5%)
/sx/
1 (1.3%)
/ɡ/
1 (1.3%)
/ɛ/
1 (1.3%)
/ɣ/
1 (1.3%)
/f/
1 (1.3%)
/tʃ/
1 (1.3%)
/r/
1 (1.3%)
/xʷ/
1 (1.3%)
/ŋ/
1 (1.3%)