| Contrast between /i/ and /i:/ |
|
/in/ |
‘to say’ |
|
/i:n/ |
‘to give birth to’ |
|
/pir/ |
‘rain’ |
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/pi:r/ |
‘to squeeze’ |
|
/nil/ |
‘to stand’ |
|
/ni:r/ |
‘ash’ |
| Contrast between /e/ and e:/ |
|
/pel/ |
‘marriage’ |
|
/pe:l/ |
‘human excrement’ |
|
/en/ |
‘bunch of grain’ |
|
/e:n/ |
‘elephant’ |
|
/epo:r/ |
‘broom-stick’ |
|
/e:pur/ |
‘sweat’ |
| Contrast between /u/ and /u:/ |
|
/ud/ |
‘to sit’ |
|
/u:p/ |
‘smoke stains on walls’ |
|
/huka:/ |
‘star’ |
|
/nu:ka:/ |
‘rice’ |
|
/ju / |
‘mucus’ |
|
/ju:t/ |
‘clean’ |
| Contrast between /o/ and /o:/ |
|
/oy/ |
‘porcupine’ |
|
/o:y/ |
‘to carry’ |
|
/ ol/ |
‘to die’ |
|
/o:l/ |
‘a drum’ |
|
/koi:/ |
‘burial ground’ |
|
/ko:i/ |
‘twenty’ |
| Contrast between /a / and /a:/ |
|
/a/ |
’to weep’ |
|
/a:/ |
‘woman’ |
|
/kal/ |
‘stone’ |
|
/ka:l/ |
‘leg’ |
|
/nar/ |
‘vein’ |
|
/na:r/ |
‘village’ |
