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ABUJHMARIA GRAMMAR
G.V.Natarajan
2.4.0. Allophonic Distribution
2.4.1. Consonants
Bilabials:
/p/ - [p] Voiceless unaspirated bilabial stop, occurs in all positions.
/pal/ [pl] ‘tooth’
/i:pi:/ [i:pi.] ‘mud wall’
/kulup/ [ku:up] ‘lock’
/b/ - /b/ Voiced unaspirated bilabial stop, occurs in all positions.
/buga:l/ [buga:l] ‘bison’
/kaba:/ [kaba:] ‘work’
/kara:b/ [kara:b] ‘bad’
/m/ - [m] Voice bilabial nasal, occurs in all positions.
/mara:/ [mara.] ‘tree’
/memme:r/ [memme:r] ‘respectable person’
/kulm [kulm] ‘pus’
/w/ - [] Non-syllabic high back rounded vocoid occurs in all positions.
/will/ [il] ‘bow’
/suwa:/ [sua.] ‘a well’
/ma:w/ [ma:] ‘sambhar’
Dentals:
/t/ - [t] voiceless unaspirated dental stop, occurs in all position.
/tin/ [tin] ‘to eat’
/ba:ta:/ [ba:ta.] “what?’
/go:t/ [go:t] ‘love’
/d/ - [d] Voiced unaspirated dental stop, occurs in all positions.
/da:ri:/ [da:ri.] ‘pulse’
/pader:r/ [pade:r] ‘name’
/id/ [id] ‘this’
/n/ - [], [ñ] [n]
[n] Voiced retroflex nasal, occurs when it precedes retroflex stops.
/pini:/ [pii.] ‘flour, powder’
/unul/ [uul] ‘smoke’
/kane:r/ [kae:R] ‘tears’
[] Voiced palatal nasal, occurs when it precedes palatal stops.
/a:nca:/ [a:ca:r] ‘wife’
/inje:/ [ije.] ‘now’
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