| Trill: |
| /r/ - [R], [r] |
| [R] Strong mid-palatal voiced trill, occurs finally after front and back vowels. |
|
/e:r/ |
[ye:R] |
‘water’ |
|
/musur/ |
[musuR] |
‘rain’ (drizzling) |
|
/mosor/ |
[mosoR] |
‘nose’ |
| [r] Voiced alveolar trill, occurs elsewhere. |
|
/re:ki:/ |
[re:ki.] |
‘umbrella made of leaves’ |
|
/moros/ |
[moros] |
‘a creeper used as a rope, elephant creeper, |
|
/na:r/ |
[na:r] |
‘village’ |
| Flap: |
| /r/ - [r] Voiced retroflex flap, occurs in medial and final positions. |
|
/ka: i:/ |
[ka:i.y] |
‘arrow’ |
|
/pui:/ |
[pui.y] |
‘insect’ |
|
/aj/ |
[aj] |
‘bear’ |
|
/a:/ |
[a:] |
‘woman’ |
|
/na:/ |
[na:] |
‘tomorrow’ |
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| 2.4.2. Vowels |
/i/ - [ ], [i] |
| [] Lower-mid central unrounded vocoid, occurs medially when preceded by a retroflex or flap contoid. |
|
/cu iya:l/ |
[cu a:l] |
‘small mouse’ |
|
/tiinj/ |
[tñj] |
‘finger nail’ |
| [i] High front short unrounded
vocoid with an onglide [y] initially, occurs in word-initial
and medial positions. |
|
/id/ |
[yid] |
‘this’ |
|
/in/ |
[yin] |
‘to say’ |
|
/awi / |
[awi] |
‘meat’ |
| /i:/ - [i:], [i.] |
| [i:] Lower-high unround long vocoid, occurs medially with an onglide [y] in the initial position of a word. |
|
/i:ka:/ |
[yi:ka:] |
‘darkness’ |
|
/ni:r/ |
[ni:r] |
‘ash’ |
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