Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
9 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | · | · | k | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | s | · | · | · | |||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | |||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | ɭ | · | · | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(n)(CV(n)(CV(n)))Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 143 transcribed dictionary entries (585 total tokens)
/a/
94 (16.1%)
/i/
68 (11.6%)
/n/
61 (10.4%)
/e/
49 (8.4%)
/l/
48 (8.2%)
/k/
43 (7.4%)
/o/
43 (7.4%)
/s/
40 (6.8%)
/u/
33 (5.6%)
/p/
30 (5.1%)
/m/
27 (4.6%)
/t/
20 (3.4%)
/w/
15 (2.6%)
/j/
14 (2.4%)