Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

21 consonants
10 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kg
·
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
h
Affricate
·
·
ts
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
·
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
iy
·
u
Near-close
ɪ
··
Close-mid
eø
·
o
Open-mid
ɛ
·
ɔ
Near-open
æ
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 105 transcribed dictionary entries (360 total tokens)

/ɛ/
44 (12.2%)
/r/
31 (8.6%)
/o/
30 (8.3%)
/n/
27 (7.5%)
/d/
23 (6.4%)
/l/
22 (6.1%)
/i/
17 (4.7%)
/ɔ/
15 (4.2%)
/s/
15 (4.2%)
/ø/
13 (3.6%)
/k/
12 (3.3%)
//
12 (3.3%)
/z/
12 (3.3%)
/æ/
11 (3.1%)
/m/
10 (2.8%)
/g/
9 (2.5%)
/b/
8 (2.2%)
/u/
7 (1.9%)
/v/
7 (1.9%)
/ɪ/
6 (1.7%)
/ʃ/
6 (1.7%)
/y/
4 (1.1%)
/f/
3 (0.8%)
/j/
3 (0.8%)
/nj/
3 (0.8%)
/h/
3 (0.8%)
/t/
3 (0.8%)
/p/
2 (0.6%)
//
2 (0.6%)