Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
22 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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%)
/aː/
4 (5.1%)
/ç/
3 (3.8%)
/b/
3 (3.8%)
/m/
3 (3.8%)
/ʈ/
2 (2.6%)
/iː/
2 (2.6%)
/ɭ/
2 (2.6%)
/t/
1 (1.3%)
/ɖ/
1 (1.3%)
/e/
1 (1.3%)
/p/
1 (1.3%)
/oː/
1 (1.3%)
/g/
1 (1.3%)
/eː/
1 (1.3%)
/uː/
1 (1.3%)
/ɾ/
1 (1.3%)