A large number of two consonant clusters occur medially also.
All consonants except c,,
and
occur as the first member of this cluster in the medial position.
-nt-
alanta
‘this
much’
-nd-
samandaR
‘ocean’
-nz-
Rgunza
‘season’
-nm-
tRe:nmo
‘bear’
-p-
dRa:pa
‘right
(side)’
-b-
ldabu
‘ladder’
-t-
snita:tdis
‘to
encourage’
-d-
Radis
‘to
dye’
-d-
u:dul
‘generally’
-k-
ya:ku
‘wolf’
-g-
agal
‘forest’
--
aa:R
‘pickle’
--
u:uk
‘face’
-s-
hya:sibus
‘to
play games’
-z-
niza:n
‘noisy’
-m-
lumen
‘rural’
-R-
uRa:s
‘to
advance’
-lp-
sbalpa
‘carb’
-lb-
RilbuiRma
‘pepper’
-lt-
va:lto
‘morning’
-ld-
be:lda
‘night’
-lt-
multup
‘fist’
-ld-
haldu:Ro
‘yellow’
-lk-
palki
‘palanquin’
-l-
akalan
‘wise’
-ls-
malsa
‘place’
-lz-
zbya:lza
‘season’
-lh-
ha:lhaRis
‘vulture’
-Rp-
haRpa
‘rain’
-Rb-
haRbu
‘button’
-Rd-
maRdu
‘beam’
-Rk-
eRko:so
‘at
first’
-Rg-
zaRgat
‘ridiculing’
-Rh-
daRha:s
‘petition’
-R-
oRu:to
‘throat’
-R-
kuRi
‘chair’
-R-
oRan
‘milk’
-Rz-
kiRze
‘pulses’
-Rm-
´iRma
‘chilly’
-Rn-
oRnaalis
‘to
steal’
-Rl-
kyaRlo
‘sheep’
A
few two consonant clusters occur in the word final position.
The second member of the cluster is /s/ except in only one example,
which has //.
-bs
zabs
‘kingdom’
-ks
heRthaks
‘hedge’
-gs
hossbugs
‘to
sigh’
-hs
phyohs
‘at’
-m-
phams
‘defeat’
-
pu
‘five’
1.6.2. Three Consonant Clusters:
A
small number of three consonant clusters occur in the word
initial position. They are usually a fricative followed by
a stop and a trill or a trill followed by a stop and a semi-vowel.
spR-
spReithis
‘to
make empty’
sbR-
sbRa:si:
‘honey’
stR-
stRa
‘lane’
skR-
skRogaithis
‘cackle
as hen’
zbR-
zbRa:zbu
‘fly’
Rdv-
Rdva:kable
‘magnet’
-Rgy-
Rgyalpo
‘emperor’
A
fairly large number of three consonant clusters occur in the
medial position. Nasals occur more frequently as the first member
of the cluster than any other sound.
,
and 
occur as the first member of this cluster in the medial position.
p-
u:
ya:
a
-
/.
si:
