Download Hmar Book --Select Grammar Book-- ABJUHMARIA Grammar ANGAMI Grammar AO Grammar APATANI Grammar BHUMIJ Grammar BROKSKAT GOJRI Grammar HMAR Grammar KARBI Grammar KOKBOROK Grammar KUVI Grammar LOTHA Grammar MAO NAGA Grammar MISH Grammar MISING Grammar MUNDARI Grammar NAGA PIDGIN Grammar PURKI Grammar SEMA Grammar Theory of Binding Grammar URALI Grammar A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA   /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’     Previous   |   Next Top

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