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)(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 26 transcribed dictionary entries (108 total tokens)
/a/
18 (16.7%)
/i/
16 (14.8%)
/u/
16 (14.8%)
/k/
13 (12%)
/m/
10 (9.3%)
/p/
7 (6.5%)
/n/
7 (6.5%)
/b/
6 (5.6%)
/j/
6 (5.6%)
/w/
5 (4.6%)
/h/
4 (3.7%)