Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
10 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | h | |||||||
| Affricate | · | · | ts | tʃdʒ | · | · | · | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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%)
/eɪ/
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%)
/tʃ/
2 (0.6%)