Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

19 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
kɡ
Nasal
m
·
n
·
·
·
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
sz
ʃ
·
x
Affricate
·
·
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Syllable Structure

(C)(C)V(C)

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 54 transcribed dictionary entries (314 total tokens)

/a/
48 (15.3%)
/ɾ/
31 (9.9%)
/s/
27 (8.6%)
/o/
25 (8%)
/t/
21 (6.7%)
/i/
19 (6.1%)
/v/
17 (5.4%)
/p/
16 (5.1%)
/e/
15 (4.8%)
/u/
12 (3.8%)
/je/
11 (3.5%)
/ja/
9 (2.9%)
/d/
9 (2.9%)
/n/
8 (2.5%)
/f/
8 (2.5%)
/l/
7 (2.2%)
/k/
7 (2.2%)
/m/
6 (1.9%)
/ɡ/
5 (1.6%)
/b/
4 (1.3%)
/ʃ/
4 (1.3%)
/z/
2 (0.6%)
/x/
1 (0.3%)
/jo/
1 (0.3%)
/ju/
1 (0.3%)