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 75 transcribed dictionary entries (431 total tokens)
/a/
59 (13.7%)
/ɾ/
40 (9.3%)
/i/
33 (7.7%)
/s/
32 (7.4%)
/o/
32 (7.4%)
/t/
27 (6.3%)
/v/
24 (5.6%)
/p/
20 (4.6%)
/ja/
20 (4.6%)
/e/
16 (3.7%)
/je/
15 (3.5%)
/u/
14 (3.2%)
/d/
13 (3%)
/l/
12 (2.8%)
/ɡ/
12 (2.8%)
/k/
12 (2.8%)
/f/
12 (2.8%)
/n/
10 (2.3%)
/m/
7 (1.6%)
/ʃ/
6 (1.4%)
/z/
4 (0.9%)
/b/
4 (0.9%)
/jo/
2 (0.5%)
/tʃ/
2 (0.5%)
/ju/
2 (0.5%)
/x/
1 (0.2%)