Phonology

Sound inventory and phonological rules

20 consonants
6 vowels

Consonant Inventory

MannerBilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPostalveolarPalatalVelar
Plosive
pb
·
td
·
·
g
Nasal
m
·
n
·
ɲ
·
Trill
·
·
r
·
·
·
Fricative
ɸ
v
sz
ʃʒ
·
xɣ
Lateral fricative
·
·
ɬ
·
·
·
Approximant
·
·
·
·
j
·
Lateral approximant
·
·
l
·
·
·

Vowel Inventory

HeightFrontCentralBack
Close
i
·
ɯu
Close-mid··
o
Open-mid
ɛ
··
Open
a
··

Phoneme Frequency

Distribution of phonemes across 13 transcribed dictionary entries (43 total tokens)

/t/
7 (16.3%)
/ʃ/
5 (11.6%)
/r/
4 (9.3%)
/x/
4 (9.3%)
/m/
4 (9.3%)
/u/
4 (9.3%)
/i/
3 (7%)
/d/
2 (4.7%)
/ɛ/
2 (4.7%)
/o/
2 (4.7%)
//
2 (4.7%)
/v/
1 (2.3%)
/j/
1 (2.3%)
/l/
1 (2.3%)
/n/
1 (2.3%)