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 628 transcribed dictionary entries (2,598 total tokens)
/a/
434 (16.7%)
/o/
356 (13.7%)
/i/
265 (10.2%)
/n/
252 (9.7%)
/s/
209 (8%)
/je/
111 (4.3%)
/p/
108 (4.2%)
/l/
100 (3.8%)
/z/
91 (3.5%)
/v/
91 (3.5%)
/d/
83 (3.2%)
/u/
82 (3.2%)
/m/
78 (3%)
/kʲ/
78 (3%)
/r/
66 (2.5%)
/g/
51 (2%)
/ə/
49 (1.9%)
/tʲ/
36 (1.4%)
/bʲ/
28 (1.1%)
/ɟ/
10 (0.4%)
/ɕ/
10 (0.4%)
/j/
5 (0.2%)
/e/
4 (0.2%)
/ʃ/
1 (0%)