Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
8 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | td | k | qɢ | |||||
| Fricative | ɸ | θ | s | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | · | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 67 transcribed dictionary entries (357 total tokens)
/t/
109 (30.5%)
/ɑ/
74 (20.7%)
/k/
28 (7.8%)
/o/
27 (7.6%)
/i/
25 (7%)
/u/
17 (4.8%)
/ɛ/
13 (3.6%)
/θ/
13 (3.6%)
/ɢ/
12 (3.4%)
/ɸ/
12 (3.4%)
/d/
11 (3.1%)
/kʼ/
6 (1.7%)
/ɔ/
6 (1.7%)
/q/
4 (1.1%)