Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | ɟ | kg | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | v | sz | ɕʒ | · | · | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | ts | dʒ | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
CV(CV), CVCV, VCCV, CVC(V)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 225 transcribed dictionary entries (771 total tokens)
/o/
106 (13.7%)
/a/
93 (12.1%)
/i/
88 (11.4%)
/n/
79 (10.2%)
/s/
52 (6.7%)
/je/
46 (6%)
/l/
41 (5.3%)
/z/
34 (4.4%)
/p/
28 (3.6%)
/ə/
27 (3.5%)
/v/
24 (3.1%)
/d/
23 (3%)
/u/
23 (3%)
/m/
21 (2.7%)
/kʲ/
18 (2.3%)
/r/
15 (1.9%)
/tʲ/
11 (1.4%)
/bʲ/
11 (1.4%)
/g/
10 (1.3%)
/ɕ/
6 (0.8%)
/ɟ/
6 (0.8%)
/e/
4 (0.5%)
/j/
4 (0.5%)
/ʃ/
1 (0.1%)