Download Angami Book --Select Grammar Book-- ABJUHMARIA Grammar ANGAMI Grammar AO Grammar APATANI Grammar BHUMIJ Grammar BROKSKAT GOJRI Grammar HMAR Grammar KARBI Grammar KOKBOROK Grammar KUVI Grammar LOTHA Grammar MAO NAGA Grammar MISH Grammar MISING Grammar MUNDARI Grammar NAGA PIDGIN Grammar PURKI Grammar SEMA Grammar Theory of Binding Grammar URALI Grammar A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA       Affricates:                     /pf/ is the voiceless labio-dental affricate.                               pf                      ‘to carry on back’                               tpfi                    ‘monkey’                     /ts/ is the voiceless alveolar affricate.                               ts                      ‘pain’                               ts                   ‘flest’                               lts                   ‘silk’                               kts                  ‘to ask (questions)’                     /c/ is the voiceless palatal affricate.                               c                       ‘tea’                               bc                ‘wrist’                               mhci                ‘to spit’          The functional load of contrast between /ts/ and /c/ however, is very low.                       /pfh/ is the voiceless aspirated labio-dental affricate.                                pfh                    ‘pile up’                                mpfh               ‘honey bee’                     /tsh/ is the aspirated alveolar affricate                                bitsh               ‘to break twig by hand’                                tsh                    ‘to praise’                     /ch/ is the voiceless aspirated palatal affricate.                                ch                     ‘ray’                                mchi               ‘funnel’                     /bv/ is the voiced labiodental affricate.                                bv                     ‘swellin g after death’                                kbv                 ‘confuse; to trouble’                     /dz/ is the voiced alveolar affricate.                                dz                      ‘water’                                thdz                 ‘story’                                mthdz       ‘boar’                     /j/ is the voiced palatal affricate.                                jits                   ‘nail, claw’                                tj                     ‘to lie’                                thj                    ‘blessing’          The functional load of contrast between /dz/ and /j/ as in the case of their voiceless counterparts, is low.   Fricatives:                     /f/ is the voiceless labio-dental fricative                                 f                        ‘irritating smell’                                 tf                    ‘dog’                     /s/ is the voiceless alveolar fricative.                                 sf                         ‘wood’                                 s                        ‘thick’                                 s                     ‘liver’                     // is the voiceless palatal fricative                                                       ‘to know’                                                       ‘wing’                                  th                ‘fine’                     /h/ is the voiceless glottal fricative                                  h                      ‘to breathe’                                  h                   ‘tooth’                     /v/ is the voiced labio-dental fricative                                  v                      ‘to be good’                                  v                      ‘to beat’                                  thv                 ‘fowl’                     /z/ is the voiced alveolar fricative                                   z                     ‘to recline’                                   z                  ‘bladder’                                   z                     ‘to be big’                     // is the voiced palatal fricative.                                                       ‘beer’                                   ki               ‘light’     Previous    |  Next Top

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