Phonology
Sound inventory and phonological rules
20 consonants
6 vowels
Consonant Inventory
| Manner | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pb | · | td | c | kg | q | · | |||||||
| Nasal | m | · | n | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Trill | · | · | r | · | · | · | · | |||||||
| Fricative | · | fv | sz | · | x | · | h | |||||||
| Approximant | · | · | · | j | w | · | · | |||||||
| Lateral approximant | · | · | l | · | · | · | · | |||||||
Vowel Inventory
| Height | Front | Central | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iy | · | u |
| Close-mid | e | · | o |
| Open | a | · | · |
Phoneme Frequency
Distribution of phonemes across 19 transcribed dictionary entries (49 total tokens)
/d/
10 (20.4%)
/r/
8 (16.3%)
/b/
7 (14.3%)
/u/
7 (14.3%)
/i/
5 (10.2%)
/o/
3 (6.1%)
/a/
2 (4.1%)
/k/
2 (4.1%)
/n/
1 (2%)
/z/
1 (2%)
/t/
1 (2%)
/m/
1 (2%)
/v/
1 (2%)