Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
9 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | · | k | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | ||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | · | ||||
| Approximant | · | · | j | w | ||||
| Lateral approximant | · | l | · | · | ||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
CVPhoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 33 transcribed dictionary entries (82 total tokens)
/u/
11 (13.4%)
/m/
10 (12.2%)
/i/
10 (12.2%)
/a/
10 (12.2%)
/k/
7 (8.5%)
/o/
6 (7.3%)
/t/
5 (6.1%)
/p/
5 (6.1%)
/l/
4 (4.9%)
/s/
4 (4.9%)
/e/
4 (4.9%)
/n/
3 (3.7%)
/w/
3 (3.7%)