Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
4 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | t | · | g | |||
| Trill | r | · | · | |||
| Approximant | · | j | · | |||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | · |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 35 transcribed dictionary entries (189 total tokens)
/a/
52 (27.5%)
/i/
39 (20.6%)
/r/
29 (15.3%)
/g/
25 (13.2%)
/t/
21 (11.1%)
/j/
18 (9.5%)
/ɛ/
5 (2.6%)