Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

22 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalDentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelarUvularGlottal
Plosive
pb
·
·
td
·
·
kg
·
ʔ
Nasal
m
·
·
n
·
·
ŋ
·
·
Trill
·
·
·
r
·
·
·
·
·
Fricative
·
fv
θ
sz
ʃʒ
·
·
χ
h
Approximant
·
·
·
·
·
j
w
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
u
Close-mid
e
·
o
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 29 transcribed dictionary entries (180 total tokens)

/a/
30 (16.7%)
/o/
18 (10%)
/t/
14 (7.8%)
/e/
13 (7.2%)
/i/
13 (7.2%)
/u/
13 (7.2%)
/m/
8 (4.4%)
/ʃ/
7 (3.9%)
/k/
6 (3.3%)
/d/
6 (3.3%)
/ʒ/
6 (3.3%)
/p/
6 (3.3%)
/n/
5 (2.8%)
/ŋ/
4 (2.2%)
/s/
4 (2.2%)
/g/
4 (2.2%)
//
3 (1.7%)
/b/
3 (1.7%)
/f/
3 (1.7%)
/χ/
2 (1.1%)
/θ/
2 (1.1%)
/r/
2 (1.1%)
/v/
2 (1.1%)
/ʔ/
2 (1.1%)
/h/
1 (0.6%)
/w/
1 (0.6%)
//
1 (0.6%)
/z/
1 (0.6%)