yah
|
‘axe’
|
panri
|
‘dismantle’
|
kanri
|
‘see’
|
|
|
The
/  /
ending words drop their final vowel when they are added to consonant
initial vowrds/morphemes: |
| in
|
+
|
nan |
-
|
innan |
‘walking
stick’ |
| cin
|
+
|
nan
|
-
|
cinnan |
‘loom’ |
| am |
+ |
sanf
|
- |
amsan |
‘mango
tree’ |
|
|
| /u/ is
high back rounded vowel. |
|
ude
|
‘house’
|
|
rupu
|
‘gold’
|
|
uru
|
‘family’
|
|
|
| /o/
is higher mid back rounded vowel. |
|
oho
|
‘boy’
|
|
kone
|
‘one’
|
|
aro
|
‘morning’
|
|
|
| Consonants: |
|
pb
|
td
|
|
kg
|
|
|
|
|
|
ci
|
|
|
|
|
m
|
n
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
r
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
s
|
|
|
x
|
h
|
|
|
|
y
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Consonant
Contrasts: |
|
pa
|
‘cut’
|
|
pya
|
‘dismantle’
|
|
ba
|
‘vomit’
|
|
bya
|
‘burn
(meat, etc.)’
|
|
ta
|
‘drink’
|
|
da
|
‘beat’
|
|
ca
|
‘climb’
|
|
ja
|
‘throw(flat
objects)’
|
|
ka
|
‘see’
|
|
ga
|
‘abuse’
|
|
gya
|
‘roam’
|
|
ma
|
‘curly growth’
|
|
mya
|
‘lull’
|
|
na
|
‘push’
|
|
nya
|
‘point out’
|
 a
|
‘laugh’
|
|
ra
|
‘make bundle’
|
|
la
|
‘take’
|
|
lya
|
‘burn’
|
|
sa
|
‘grow’
|
|
ya
|
‘burn’
|
h
|
‘hang up’
|
|
xa
|
‘gossip’
|
|
apa
|
‘leave (some
objects)’
|
|
apya
|
‘group of rats’
|
|
|
