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2.2. 
Contrasting Pairs :

2.2.1. 
 		 Vowels

/ i e a o u /		    
/kiriŋ/  [kIrIñ] ‘to buy’
/kea/  [kEa] ‘he buffalo’
/kaakom/ [k^r^vm] ‘crab’
/kaa/ [ka] ‘male’
/kui/ [ki] ‘wife’
/k/  [k] ‘cot’
/i u/    
/ir/  [ir] ‘to reap’
/ur/ [ur] ‘to dig’
/billi/  [bIlli] ‘testicle’
/bullu/ [bllu] ‘tigh’
/u o/    
/uu?/  [u?] ‘to think’
/oo?/ [o?] ‘more’
/buru/ [bru] ‘mountain’
/boro/ [bvro] ‘fear’
/i e/    
/pisi/  [pIsi] ‘father’s sister’
/pere/ [pEre] ‘full’
/sikar/ [sI^r] ‘to agree’
/sekea/ [sEEa] ‘soon’
/o /    
/ol/  [ol] ‘to write’
/a/ [a] ‘house’
/ko/  [k] ‘coat’
k/ [kt] ‘cot’
/jone/ [jne] ‘wart’
/jno/ [jno] ‘broom’
/i i:/    
/čina/ [čIna] ‘evidence’
/či:ni/ [či:ni] ‘sugar’
/sirma/ [sIrma] ‘year’
/si:r/ [si:r] ‘vein’
/e e:/    
/eraŋ/ [er^ŋ] ‘to scold’
/e:ne?/ [e:nE?] ‘to erase’
/pee/ [pe:e] ‘smart’
/pe:a/ [pe:a] ‘guest’
/a a:/    
/a/ [a] ‘market’
/a:/ [a:]  ‘eight’
/bana/ [b^na] ‘bear’
/ba:nai/ [ba:nai] ‘sister’s husband’
/čabuk/ [č^Uk] ‘whip’
/ča:bi/ [ča:i] ‘lock’
/o o:/    
/oa/ [oa] ‘flour’
/o:/ [o:]   ‘vote’
/očo/ [očo] ‘to take off (clothes)’
/o:čet/ [o:čEt] ‘swoon’
/bol/ [bl] ‘ball’
bo:r/ [bo:r] ‘bridgegroom’
/u u:/    
/kui/ [ki] ‘wife’
/ku:am/ [ku:^m] ‘chest’
/pusi/ [psi] ‘cat’
/pu:s/ [pu:s] ‘name of a month’
    (Dec-Jan)

 
 
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