| [a]
the low central unrounded short vowel, occurs elswhere. |
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/abRaq/
/amsis/
/aditu aq/
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[abR^q]
[amsis]
[adituz^q]
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‘mica’
‘to forget’
‘sunday’ |
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/a:/
has one allophone [a:] the low central unrounded long vowel.
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/a:o/
/da:R/
/sa:ntRa/
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[a:o.]
[da:R]
[sa:ntRa.]
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‘ice’
‘door’
‘orange’ |
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1.4.2. Consonants:- |
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/p/ has one allophone [p] the voiceless bilabial stop.
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/palki/
/khapi/
/ ula:p/
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[p^lki.]]
[kh^pi.]
[ula:p]
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‘palanquin’
‘spoon’
‘dysentry’
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/t/
has one allophone [t] the voiceless dental stop.
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/takabuR/
/ eta:n/
/phola:t/
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[t^k^buR]
[eta:n]
[phola:t]
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‘pride’
‘devil’
‘steel’ |
/t/
has two allophones [ ]
and [t] -
[]
the voiceless retroflex stop, occurs after retroflex consonant. |
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/gultan/
/multup/
/baltin/
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[gu ^n]
[muup]
[b^in]
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‘grape’
‘fist’
‘bucket’
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[t]
the voiceless alveolar stop, occurs elsewhere.
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/ti /
/multup/
/got/
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[ti]
[t^ktumbu.]
[got]
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‘bell’
‘rheumatism’
‘house’
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/k/ has one allophone [k] the voiceless velar stop. |
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/kisti/
/ ukaR/
/ke:k/
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[kisti.]
[uk^R]
[ke:k]
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‘boat’
‘pot
‘some’
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/q/
has one allophone [q] the voiceless back velar stop.
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/.qa:v/
/doqmo/
/milaq/
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[qa:w]
[doqmo.]
[mil^q]
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‘bangle’
‘narrow’
‘help’
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/ph/
has one allophone [ph] the voiceless bilabial aspirated stop.
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/phoa:t/
/phalan/
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[phola:t]
[phl^n]
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‘steel’
‘wide’
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/th/
has one allophone [th] the voiceless dental aspirated
stop. |
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/this/
/thakskan/
/gotha:Ri/
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[this]
[th^ksk^n]
[gotha:Ri.]
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‘to
do’
‘spider’
‘ring’
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/th/
has one allophone [th] the voiceless alveolar aspirated stop.
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/thul/
/thit/
/athi/
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[thul]
[thit]
[athi]
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‘egg’
‘sneeze’
‘eye’
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| The
sound [th] freely varies with []
in the following words: [athi] [ai.]
‘eye’, [th^pthup][^pup]
‘dark’. /h/
has one allophone [h]
the voiceless palatal aspirated affricate. |
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/haRbu/
/hanis/
/lokhaR/
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[h^Rbu.]
[h^nis]
[lokh^r]
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‘button’
‘to pick’
‘thunder’
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/kh/
has one allophone [kh] the voiceless verlar aspirated stop.
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/khabu/
/khazas/
/lu´khoR/
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[kh^bu.]
[kh^z^s]
[lukhoR]
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‘bud’
‘fruit’
‘cyclone’
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/b/
has one allophone [b] the voiced bilabial stop.
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/badis/
/gabu/
/ava:b/
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[b^dis]
[g^bu.]
[^va:b]
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‘to
run’
‘pea’
‘answer’
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/d/
has one allpone [d] the voiced dental stop.
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/damsibus/
/ olda/
/imda:d/
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[d^msibus]
[olda.]
[imda:d]
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‘to
gather’
‘bar in the plough’
‘care’
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/d/
has two allophones [·] and [d] -
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/haldu:Ro/
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[h^·u:Ro.]
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‘yellow’
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