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| Phonemes |
No. of occurrence as
C1 +C2 |
Total |
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| /p/ |
4 + 8 |
12 |
| /b/ |
1 + 3 |
4 |
| /t/ |
4 + 6 |
10 |
| /d/ |
3 + 3 |
6 |
| /c/ |
0 + 7 |
7 |
| /j/ |
0 + 2 |
2 |
/ / |
3 + 1 |
4 |
/ / |
8 + 2 |
10 |
| /k/ |
5 + 14 |
19 |
| /g/ |
2 + 3 |
5 |
| /s/ |
9 + 6 |
15 |
| /h/ |
9 + 3 |
12 |
| /l/ |
8 + 9 |
17 |
| /r/ |
14 + 10 |
24 |
| /m/ |
7 + 7 |
14 |
| /n/ |
7 + 7 |
14 |
/ / |
1 + 1 |
2 |
/ / |
11+ 4 |
15 |
| /w/ |
4 + 6 |
10 |
| /y/ |
6 + 4 |
10 |
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It is evident from the above table that the consonant /r/ has the highest freedom (24); // and /j/ the lowest freedom index (2). As typological classes, sonorants have more number of combinational freedom than do the obstruents.
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| 2.7.1.2. Medial Three-consonant Clusters |
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In the medial three-consonant clusters only a sonorant forms the first member while either an obtruent or a sonorant becomes the second or third member, On the basis of clustering they may be divided into three groups as,
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where C1 C2 are homorganic consonants,
where C2 C3 are homorganic consonants and
where C3 is always -k.
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| Examples: |
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(1) |
agra:l |
�bald-head person� |
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go:ndri: |
�onion� |
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panri: |
�white� |
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(2) |
amto: |
�younger sister�s husband� |
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margi: |
�rib-bone� |
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turnji: |
�flute� |
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aga: |
�bellows� |
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ga:ynta:l |
�village medicine man� |
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(3) |
anki: |
�middle finger� |
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ta:ndki: |
�liver� |
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biska:na: |
�to move� |
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