Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
16 consonants
5 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | td | · | · | kg | · | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | · | · | · | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | r | · | · | · | ʀ | ||||||
| Fricative | · | sz | ʃʒ | · | · | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | · | · |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Open | a | · | ɒ |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 34 transcribed dictionary entries (111 total tokens)
/a/
12 (10.8%)
/iː/
11 (9.9%)
/ʀ̥/
10 (9%)
/ʒ/
8 (7.2%)
/o/
7 (6.3%)
/t/
6 (5.4%)
/ʀ/
6 (5.4%)
/w/
5 (4.5%)
/aˑ/
4 (3.6%)
/j/
4 (3.6%)
/iˑ/
3 (2.7%)
/s/
3 (2.7%)
/g/
3 (2.7%)
/gʲ/
3 (2.7%)
/ɒ/
3 (2.7%)
/nʲ/
3 (2.7%)
/ɒː/
3 (2.7%)
/r/
2 (1.8%)
/b/
2 (1.8%)
/n/
2 (1.8%)
/d/
2 (1.8%)
/ɒˑ/
2 (1.8%)
/p/
2 (1.8%)
/tʼ/
1 (0.9%)
/dʲ/
1 (0.9%)
/mʲ/
1 (0.9%)
/pʼ/
1 (0.9%)
/ʃ/
1 (0.9%)