Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

20 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
kɡ
ʔ
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
ŋ
·
Fricative
·
f
θ
s
·
x
h
Affricate
·
·
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
ɯ
Mid
·
Open·
ä
·

Syllable Structure

C(C)V(C)

Phonological Rules

/N/ → [ŋ] / _k
/N/ → [ŋ] / _g
/N/ → [m] / _p
/N/ → [m] / _b
/f, θ, x/ → [pʰ, tʰ, kʰ] / #_V
/d͡ʑ/ → [t͡ɕʰ] / #_V

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 3 transcribed dictionary entries (5 total tokens)

/k/
1 (20%)
/ɯ/
1 (20%)
/b/
1 (20%)
/l/
1 (20%)
/ŋ/
1 (20%)