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/uie/ /túié/ ‘yolk of egg’
/búié:k/ ‘droppings of mole’


/aie/


/áié/


‘spices’
/áién/ ‘fortune-telling’


/uoi/


/khúoizú:/


‘honey’
/bùoi/ ‘disorder’
/núoi/ ‘lakh’
/kùoi/ ‘invite’


/uou/


/ùou/


yes’
/lùou/
/pùou/
/hùou/
/sùou/
adverbail derviatives
/ai/ /ái
/à:t/
‘substitute’‘trap for carbs’
/aii/ /áiín/ ‘in place of’
/làiìn/ ‘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
ph
  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

 
/pàt/ ‘cotton’
/pèt/ ‘bite’
/pìndàn/ ‘room’
/púonzá:r/ ‘curtain’

Medial

/bèpùi/ ‘bread bean’
/thúpé:k/ ‘order’
/túipà:r/ ‘lotus’
/sáppà:r/ ‘rose’

Final

/àp/  ‘fungal stains on clothes’
/níhlìep/ ‘umbrella’
/àp/ ‘cry’
/hmáizà:p/  ‘fan’
/tàp/ ‘hearth’
2.6.2 /ph/
It is a bilabial voiceless aspirated stop. It occurs in initial and medial positions only.
Initial

 
/phìt/ ‘powder’
/phaiphin/ ‘sand’
/phun/ ‘to plant’
/phèikhk/ ‘shoe’
/phá:i/ ‘plain’

 

 

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