Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
7 consonants
7 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | · | · | · | · | ʔ | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | · | · | |||||
| Trill | ʙ | · | · | · | · | |||||
| Fricative | · | · | · | ħ | h | |||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | ɑ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 200 transcribed dictionary entries (887 total tokens)
/m/
171 (19.3%)
/ŋ/
161 (18.2%)
/n/
133 (15%)
/a/
81 (9.1%)
/ħ/
65 (7.3%)
/e/
58 (6.5%)
/ɨ/
55 (6.2%)
/u/
52 (5.9%)
/o/
33 (3.7%)
/ʘ/
25 (2.8%)
/ʙ/
22 (2.5%)
/i/
17 (1.9%)
/h/
13 (1.5%)
/ɑ/
1 (0.1%)