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BROKSKAT GRAMMAR
N.Ramaswami

/h/ /hombu/
‘deep’		 /bahis/
‘to plough’		  
//  /us/
‘food’		 /uRu:to/
‘throat’		  
/v/  /va:sna/
‘whirlpool’ 		 /zavaR/
‘Pilgrim’		  /qa:v/
‘bangle’
/z/  /za:zis/ 
‘to walk’ 		 /na:ziR/
‘altar’		 /kami:z/
‘shirt’
//  /u:z¥o/
‘brother’		 /a:o/
‘ice’		  
//  /aRba/
‘blind’		 /paulo/
‘shephered’		  
//  /ondil/
‘cuckoo’		 /oa/
‘fullmoon’		  
/m/  /mipâok/
‘eye-lid’ 		 /umik/
‘stream’		 /gum/
‘wheat’
/n/ /nolo/ 
‘forehead’ 		 /pani/
‘leaf’		 /lumen/
‘river’
//  /i:lo/ 
‘blue’ 		 /koo/
‘comb’		 /hili/
‘protest’
/l/  /lol/
‘blood’		 /ala:q/
‘intelligent’ 		/bolbol/
‘peace’
/R/ /Run/
‘lamb’		 /speRa:this/
 ‘to gossip’		 /ne:R/
‘fort’
/y/  /yamo/
‘light’ 		 /daya/
‘mercy’		 /svay/
‘bridge’

1.6. Clusters

A sequence of two or more consonants is called a cluster. There are clusters with a maximum of four consonants in this language. Two consonant clusters and three consonant clusters occur in the initial position but the four consonant clusters occur only in the medial position. Identical consonant clusters are very rare in this language.  
1.6.1. Two Consonant Clusters :

PR- PRu:nu  ‘old’
bR- bRas ‘rice’
tR- tRa:coks ‘rightside’
dR- dRenmo ‘bear’
tR-  tRo ‘cold’
k- kikkikmo ‘creeper’
kâ- kâap ‘armour’
k- ki:is ‘to decay’
.kR- kRo ‘chest’
gR- gRi ‘neck’
gy- gyokspa ‘spoon’
sp- sposkaR ‘incense’
sb- sbalpa ‘crab’
st- stot ‘shoulder’
sd- sduk  ‘grief’
sk- skis ‘to see’
sg- sgogpa ‘garlic’
sm- smimma ‘eye-brow’
sn- snu:buthis ‘to dip into’
zd- zdumithis ‘to close’
zg- zgalto:s ‘scorpion’
zR- zRita:skis ‘to pry’
k- kilbu ‘young’
m- mulu ‘mercy’
- umi  ‘smell’
- il ‘gum’
p- pilza ‘summer month’
t- talak ‘whip’
k- ka ‘hymn’
m- mul rupee’
n- nalan ‘button’
- a:bo ‘camel’
y- yagzaR ‘ray’
ld- ldi:i:bus  ‘to float’
l- le ‘tongue’
Rd- Rdoqodis ‘to kick’
Rg- Rgo ‘front part of the body’

Rz-

Rzama:kipas

‘potter’

       

                                       

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