Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
10 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | · | kg | ʡ | ||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | ŋ | · | ||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | ||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | xɣ | · | ||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | ||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | · | · |
| Close-mid | · | · | o |
| Mid | · | ə | · |
| Open-mid | ɛœ | · | ʌ |
| Near-open | æ | · | · |
Syllable Structure
(C)V(C)Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 36 transcribed dictionary entries (172 total tokens)
/æ/
17 (9.9%)
/ɛ/
11 (6.4%)
/u/
10 (5.8%)
/ə/
9 (5.2%)
/s/
9 (5.2%)
/t/
8 (4.7%)
/d/
7 (4.1%)
/ʌ/
7 (4.1%)
/n/
7 (4.1%)
/ɪ/
6 (3.5%)
/æ̹/
6 (3.5%)
/v/
5 (2.9%)
/r/
5 (2.9%)
/ʡ/
5 (2.9%)
/m/
5 (2.9%)
/gʷ/
5 (2.9%)
/o/
4 (2.3%)
/x/
4 (2.3%)
/i/
4 (2.3%)
/g/
4 (2.3%)
/b/
4 (2.3%)
/k/
4 (2.3%)
/tʼ/
3 (1.7%)
/œ/
3 (1.7%)
/l/
3 (1.7%)
/pʼ/
3 (1.7%)
/xʷ/
2 (1.2%)
/y/
2 (1.2%)
/z/
2 (1.2%)
/j/
2 (1.2%)