Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
8 consonants
3 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | · | k | · | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | · | · | · | h | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | j | w | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 119 transcribed dictionary entries (529 total tokens)
/a/
99 (18.7%)
/i/
71 (13.4%)
/u/
62 (11.7%)
/j/
50 (9.5%)
/w/
45 (8.5%)
/m/
40 (7.6%)
/k/
40 (7.6%)
/h/
38 (7.2%)
/n/
33 (6.2%)
/p/
28 (5.3%)
/b/
23 (4.3%)