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Examples:
ǔ ‘camel’
mǔyǔ ‘calf’
ǔEne ‘ostrich’
hǔk^   r ‘sound made by bull (while fighting)

[] lower back rounded short vowel, is produced same as the vowel [u] except the tongue height which is lower high.


EXAMPLES:
n ‘lime’
tna ‘patch’
prb ‘east’
ntm ‘name’
tmbli ‘wasp’
jmbi ‘greedy’
mki ‘knee’
dr^ru ‘music’

Examples:
    BL  DL AL  Ret PL. Vel.
Unasp:    Vl: P t     k ?
Tense:           
                 
Stops:    Vd: b d   d   g  
Tense:        
                 
Asp:   VI:    Ph th   h   kh  
  Vd:  bh dh    h   gh  
                 
Unasp:    VI.         č    
  Vd.              
Affricates:             čh    
Asp:   Vl:         h    
                 
Fricatives:    Vl:     s        
                 
Nasals: Vd m n n ñ  ŋ
                 
Lateral:   Vd:     l        
                 
Flaps:   Vd:     r      
                 
Semivowels:   Vd: w       y    

 
 
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