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/U/ vs. /o/
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/gU i/
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‘yolk, the seed
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found in the fruit’ : |
/goi/
‘tablet’
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/kU i/
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‘daughter’ :
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/koi/
‘bitter’
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/o/ vs. / /
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/long/
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‘nose ring’ :
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/lng/
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‘clove’
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/ko i/ |
‘dice’ : |
/ki/
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‘Kabbadi’
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/so/
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‘sleep’ :
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/s/
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‘hundred’
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Contrast of Consonants:
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Since the production of consonants involve the point of
articulation-means the configuration of the articulators involved and the
manner of articulation-means the way with which the air is released in the
production of the consonants; so the contrast of consonants has been dealt
with on these basis.
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Contrast of Point of Articulation:
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Only contrasts of those consonants have been given whose points of
articulation are very close with each other. For example the contrast of
labial with palatal and velar etc. have not been demonstrated.
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Contrast among nasals /m vs. n vs. ¸/
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/m/ vs. /n/
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/m k/
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‘maize’ :
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/nk/
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‘nose’
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/ma i/
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‘maternal aunt’ :
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/nani/
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‘mother’s mother’
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/km/
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‘work’ :
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/kn/
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‘ear’
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/n/ vs. / /
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/rndo/
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‘a carpenter’s planer’ :
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/ro/
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‘widower’
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/m n/
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‘accept’ :
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/m/
‘maund’
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(weighing measurement)
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Dental vs. Retroflex
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/t/ vs. / /
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/tr/
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‘swim’ :
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/r/
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‘boast’
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/poto/
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‘grand son’ :
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/po/
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‘top of the finger’
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/kat/
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‘scissors (big)’ :
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/ka/
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‘post-card’
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/th/vs./h/
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/d/ vs. //
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/dad/
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‘wooden plank :
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/ab/
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‘lake’
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used in the roof’
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/pèd/
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‘partiality’ :
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/pè/
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‘sheep’
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/bd/
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‘tie’ :
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/b/
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‘a piece of land’ |
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/r/ vs. / /
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/kwaro/
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‘unmarried’ :
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/kwao /
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‘axe’
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/bar/
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‘Saturday’ :
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/ba/ |
‘fence’
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/ser/
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‘see’ :
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/se/ |
‘a kind of apple’
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/l/ vs. //
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/chlo/
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‘gram’ :
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/cho/
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‘angry’
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/gl/
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‘talk, matter’ :
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/g/
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‘neck’
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/khl/
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‘skin’ :
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/kh/
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‘oil-cake’
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th/ 
