Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
17 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | c | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ç | · | h | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 67 transcribed dictionary entries (324 total tokens)
/a/
45 (13.9%)
/u/
36 (11.1%)
/k/
28 (8.6%)
/s/
18 (5.6%)
/m/
18 (5.6%)
/n/
17 (5.2%)
/e/
16 (4.9%)
/y/
13 (4%)
/l/
13 (4%)
/t/
12 (3.7%)
/r/
12 (3.7%)
/g/
11 (3.4%)
/i/
11 (3.4%)
/o/
10 (3.1%)
/ö/
9 (2.8%)
/ç/
8 (2.5%)
/d/
7 (2.2%)
/h/
7 (2.2%)
/ü/
7 (2.2%)
/b/
5 (1.5%)
/ş/
5 (1.5%)
/ı/
5 (1.5%)
/p/
3 (0.9%)
/z/
3 (0.9%)
/c/
2 (0.6%)
/ay/
2 (0.6%)
/v/
1 (0.3%)