Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

22 consonants
5 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarRetroflexPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
ʈɖ
·
kɡ
Nasal
m
·
n
ɳ
ɲ
ŋ
Tap/Flap
·
·
ɾ
ɽ
·
·
Fricative
·
·
s
·
çʝ
·
Approximant
·
ʋ
·
·
j
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
ɭ
·
·

Vowel Inventory

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

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 18 transcribed dictionary entries (78 total tokens)

/a/
14 (17.9%)
/u/
11 (14.1%)
/n/
11 (14.1%)
/i/
6 (7.7%)
/l/
4 (5.1%)
/k/
4 (5.1%)
//
4 (5.1%)
/ç/
3 (3.8%)
/b/
3 (3.8%)
/m/
3 (3.8%)
/ʈ/
2 (2.6%)
//
2 (2.6%)
/ɭ/
2 (2.6%)
/t/
1 (1.3%)
/ɖ/
1 (1.3%)
/e/
1 (1.3%)
/p/
1 (1.3%)
//
1 (1.3%)
/g/
1 (1.3%)
//
1 (1.3%)
//
1 (1.3%)
/ɾ/
1 (1.3%)