Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
21 consonants
10 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | · | kg | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ɲ | ŋ | · | |||||||
| Tap/Flap | · | · | ɾ | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | ɕʑ | · | · | ʁ | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | · | j | w | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | · | ɔ |
| Open | a | ä | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 220 transcribed dictionary entries (977 total tokens)
/ä/
172 (17.6%)
/ɛ/
110 (11.3%)
/o/
94 (9.6%)
/ɾ/
75 (7.7%)
/i/
69 (7.1%)
/t/
59 (6%)
/k/
58 (5.9%)
/s/
57 (5.8%)
/u/
46 (4.7%)
/m/
37 (3.8%)
/l/
28 (2.9%)
/d/
21 (2.1%)
/j/
21 (2.1%)
/ɕ/
17 (1.7%)
/ʑ/
16 (1.6%)
/v/
14 (1.4%)
/e/
13 (1.3%)
/b/
13 (1.3%)
/f/
12 (1.2%)
/g/
10 (1%)
/p/
10 (1%)
/ʁ/
9 (0.9%)
/w/
9 (0.9%)
/y/
4 (0.4%)
/ɔ̃/
3 (0.3%)