Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
19 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kɡ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ʃ | · | x | ||||||
| Affricate | · | · | · | tʃdʒ | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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%)