|
/ y
/ is palatal continuant.
|
yat
|
‘umbrella (local)’
|
|
aya
|
‘good’
|
|
|
| Distribution
of Phonemes |
| Vowels: |
| All vowels
occurs in initial, medical and final position of a word. |
|
imi
|
‘sleep’
|
|
biro
|
‘yesterday morning’
|
 r |
‘stomach’
|
neka
|
‘toilet’
|
 g
|
‘cooking place’
|
|
duku
|
‘wooden box’
|
|
|
‘sweeper’
|
|
aya
|
‘good’
|
|
danyi
|
‘sun’
|
|
omo
|
‘terms used
to address young males’
|
d e
|
‘bright day’
|
|
|
| Vowel
Clusters: |
|
Few vowels clusters are found in Apatani. They occur
word initially , medically and word finally.
|
|
ui
|
‘ghost’
|
|
|
‘great
grandson’
|
|
ai
|
‘tooth’
|
|
au
|
‘tail like object
used to wear on the waist of elderly men’
|
|
bua
|
‘rope tied to
acrobatic pole’
|
|
lua
|
‘mute’
|
l
|
‘bag used by
women’
|
|
loepa
|
‘till’
|
|
hao
|
‘above’
|
hao
|
‘spine’
|
hoen
|
‘becon’
|
|
|
| Consonants
: |
| All consonants
occur in initial and medial positions of a word. m,,
r, l and s occur in word final position also. |
|
paka
|
‘dish’
|
|
papu
|
‘egg’
|
b bo
|
‘acrobatic pole’
|
|
tabu
|
‘snake’
|
|
ato
|
‘owner’
|
|
danyi
|
‘sun’
|
ada
|
‘spear made
of wood with poisoned iron edge’
|
kmi
|
‘late’
|
|
aki
|
‘dog’
|
|
gùbú
|
‘hot’
|
|
|
