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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
/uie/
/túié
/
‘yolk of egg’
/b
úié:k/
‘droppings of mole’
/aie/
/
áié
/
‘spices’
/
áién/
‘fortune-telling’
/uoi/
/kh
úoizú:/
‘honey’
/b
ùoi/
‘disorder’
/n
úoi/
‘lakh’
/kù
oi/
‘invite’
/uou/
/
ùou/
‘
yes’
/l
ùou/
/p
ùou/
/h
ùou/
/s
ùou/
adverbail derviatives
/ai
/
/ái
/
/
à
:t/
‘substitute’‘trap for carbs’
/aii/
/
áiín/
‘in place of’
/l
àiìn/
‘while’
/háiìn
‘by them’
2.5
Consonants
The consonants in Hmar could be presented in the following table as per their point and manner of articulation.
Bi-labial
Labiodental
Alveolar
Retroflex
Alueo-palatal
Velar
Glottal
Stops
p b
p
h
t d
th
h
c
k
kh
Nasals
m
n
n
Fricatives
f v
s z
h
Lateral
l
Flap
r
It may be seen from the table given and from the date below that Hmar does not have voiced aspirated sounds.
2.6
Description of Consonants
2.6.1
/p/
It is a bilabial, voiceless, unaspirated stop. It occurs in all three positions.
Initial
/p
àt/
‘cotton’
/p
èt/
‘bite’
/p
ìndàn/
‘room’
/p
úonzá:r/
‘curtain’
Medial
/b
èpùi/
‘bread bean’
/th
úpé:k/
‘order’
/t
úipà:r/
‘lotus’
/s
áppà:r/
‘rose’
Final
/
àp/
‘fungal stains on clothes’
/n
íhlìep/
‘umbrella’
/
àp/
‘cry’
/hm
áizà:p/
‘fan’
/t
àp/
‘hearth’
2.6.2
/ph/
It is a bilabial voiceless aspirated stop. It occurs in initial and medial positions only.
Initial
/ph
ìt/
‘powder’
/phaiphin/
‘sand’
/phun/
‘to plant’
/ph
èikh
k/
‘shoe’
/ph
á:i/
‘plain’
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