Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | s | ʃʒ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | ɹ | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Near-close | · | · | ʊ |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | · | ɜ | · |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 59 transcribed dictionary entries (240 total tokens)
/ɑ/
29 (12.1%)
/l/
19 (7.9%)
/o/
17 (7.1%)
/ʊ/
15 (6.3%)
/t/
14 (5.8%)
/n/
13 (5.4%)
/ʃ/
12 (5%)
/jɑ/
10 (4.2%)
/i/
10 (4.2%)
/jɜ/
9 (3.8%)
/m/
8 (3.3%)
/d/
7 (2.9%)
/ʒ/
7 (2.9%)
/p/
6 (2.5%)
/jʊ/
6 (2.5%)
/v/
6 (2.5%)
/g/
6 (2.5%)
/ɜ/
5 (2.1%)
/ɹɑ/
5 (2.1%)
/ɹʊ/
5 (2.1%)
/k/
4 (1.7%)
/b/
4 (1.7%)
/ɹo/
4 (1.7%)
/s/
4 (1.7%)
/ɹ/
3 (1.3%)
/h/
3 (1.3%)
/f/
3 (1.3%)
/ɹɜ/
2 (0.8%)
/jo/
2 (0.8%)
/ɹi/
2 (0.8%)