Initial clusters are described first
below, then the final clusters and lastly the medial clusters. Clusters of
two consonants in all the positions are given on a chart also.
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Initial clusters:
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As stated above in the initial position the clusters of two consonants can
occur at the most. There are phototoxic constrains on the first member
and the second member. Only three consonants viz. /r w y/ can occur in the
second position. /r/ forms a cluster only with stops whereas /w y/ form a
cluster with stops. nasals, lateral and fricatives occurring in the initial
position. /w y/, do not form a cluster with aspirated stops.
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A few examples are :
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Stop + /r/
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| /prit/ |
‘love’ |
| /préj/ |
‘abstinence’ |
/phro o/ |
‘boil’ |
| /tr€/ |
‘three’ |
/tr ki/ |
‘spoiled’ |
| /drogo/ |
‘watchman, shepherd’ |
| /drindo/ |
‘wild animal’ |
| /krù/ |
‘rub’ |
| /krũ/ |
‘mulberry’ |
| /grã/ |
‘village’ |
| /grib/ |
‘poor’
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| Stop + /y/ |
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/pya o/ |
‘cup’ |
/pya / |
‘to cause to drink’ |
| /byaj/ |
‘interest’ |
| /tyar/ |
‘ready’ |
/tyàn/
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‘care’
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/dyũ/
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‘(may) give’(Ip.sg.) |
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/jy€go/
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‘shall go’(II &
III p. mas.sg.) |
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/jye h/
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‘name for the third month’. |
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Nasal + /y/
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/myãxũ/
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‘honey’
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/nya/
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‘wife of the barber, a
lady
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from barber caste’
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Fricative + /y/
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| /syai/ |
‘wise’(fem.) |
| /sya/ |
‘winter season’
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/xyal/
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‘care’
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Lateral + /y/
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/lyũ/
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‘(may) take’(Ip.sg.) |
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Stop + /w/
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/bwasir/
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‘piles’ |
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/tweo/
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‘stable’
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/dwa/
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‘prayer’ |
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/dwahi/
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‘exchange of daughters in
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marriage’ |
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/jwar/
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‘sorghum’
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/kwaro/
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‘bachelor’
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/kwáo/
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‘axe’
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Fricative + /w/
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/swad/
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‘taste’
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/swa/
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‘moss’
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/swari/
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‘conveynace’
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/xwaIš/
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‘wish, desire’
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