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(iii) Clusters of Obstruent + Sonorant
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| C2: |
m |
n |
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l |
r |
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w |
y |
| C1 |
| p |
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pn |
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pl |
pr |
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| b |
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| t |
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tl |
tr |
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ty |
| d |
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dl |
dr |
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| k |
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kl |
kr |
k |
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| g |
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gr |
g |
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| c |
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| j |
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n |
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l |
r |
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w |
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| s |
sm |
sn |
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sl |
sr |
s |
sw |
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| h |
hm |
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hl |
hr |
h |
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It is clear from the above chart that // does not occur in a clusteral sequence whose second member is an obstruent. The spirant series have wider distribution as second members of clusters while /m, w, y/ have the distribution in a descending.
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| Examples: |
| -pn- |
o:pne: |
�quickly� |
| -pl- |
apla: |
�a cooking vessel for vegetables� |
| -pr- |
apra:l |
�bald-head person� |
| -tl- |
gatla: |
�cloth� |
| -tr- |
katri: |
�scissors� |
| -ty- |
go:tya:l |
�friend, lover� |
| -dl- |
padla: |
�bush, plant� |
| -dr- |
adra: |
�bad� |
| -kl- |
ko:kli: |
�cough� |
| -kr- |
a:kra: |
�egg-shell� |
| -k- |
bo:ka: |
�he-goat� |
| -gr- |
a:gro: |
�much, more� |
| -g- |
iga: |
�from here� |
| -n- |
go:ni: |
�churning rod� |
| -l- |
cula: |
�small� |
| -r- |
ko:�ra:l |
�deer� |
| -w- |
kowanj |
�fat� |
| -sm- |
usmal |
�pestle� |
| -sn- |
nisna: |
�ladder� |
| -sl-: |
kasla |
�metal pot� |
| -sr- |
a:sram |
�students� hostel� |
| -s- |
we:si: |
�nose-ring� |
| -sw- |
pi:swi: |
�a bag� |
| -hm- |
kehma:
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‘mat-door’ |
| -hm- |
ke:hla: |
�dhamun tree� |
| -hr- |
guhra: |
�sky� |
| -h- |
ko:ha: |
�a pit� |
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