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2.6.8 /h/
It is a retroflex voicless aspirated stop. It also occurs in initial and medial positions only.

Initial

 

Medial

 

/hí/ ‘neclace’ /pàrhí/ ‘garland’
/hùi/ ‘stitch’ /ìnhùt/ ‘foundation’
/hà/ ‘good’ /fá:khà/ ‘nutrition’
/hàhmùn/ ‘position’ /khàuhìkthí/ ‘locust’
2.6.9 /c/
It is an alveo-palatal voiceless stop. It occurs in initial and medial positions only.

Initial

 

Medial

 

/cì/ ‘salt’ /ìnceìná/ ‘dress’
/cìbài/ ‘greetings’ /íncù/ ‘roof’
/cúléicún/ ‘thereofore’ /càncín/ ‘news’
/cúl/ ‘faded’ /màcù:m/ ‘rafter’
/cíl/ ‘saliva’ /màcì:/ ‘salt’
/cál/ ‘male species’ /lè:khácái/ ‘kite’
/cém/ ‘dao’    
/cè:n/ ‘enjoy’    
2.6.10     /k/
It is a velar voicelness unaspirated stop. In occurs in all the three positions.

Initial

 

Medial

 

/kùrtài/ ‘jaggery’ /ìskút/ ‘squash’
/káu/ ‘twig’ /lúkm/ ‘turban’
/kà:p/ ‘shot’ /é:kìn/ ‘toilet’
/ka/ ‘I’ /pükrí/ ‘tank’
Final
/úmfá:k/
'ash gourd'
/bú:k/
'pandal'
/zèupúok/
'oats'
/hríek/
'oil'
2.6.11 /kh/
It is a velar voiceless unaspirated stop. In occurs in all the three positions.

Initial

 

Medial

 

/khá:bè:l/ ‘frying pan’ /méikhù/ ‘smoke’
/khúm/ ‘bed’ /lúkhàm/ ‘pillow’
/khuÛr/ ‘pit’ /sámkhùi/ ‘comb’
/khúoizú/ ‘honey’  /hmáikhùná/ ‘veil’
2.6.12 /m/
It is a bilabial voice nasel consonant. It occurs in all the three positions.

Initial

 

   
/mànsá/ ‘bag’, ‘basket’    
/màcúm/ ‘rafter’    
/màntá:/ ‘brinjal’    
/méikhù/ ‘smoke’    
       



Medial

 

   
/rímtúi/ ‘essence’  /ámà/ ‘him’
/à:mhlè:m/ ‘tiffin’ /ámàk/ ‘strange’
/samthì/ ‘comb’ /thúmál/ ‘word’
       


Final

 
   
/súm/ /mortar/    
/dúm/ ‘tobacco’    
/hím/ ‘needle’    
/lúkhúm/ ‘cap’    
Intervocalic occurrence of [m] in indigenous Hmar words is tare. It generally forms cluster with a consonant. preferebly [h]. When it occurs medially in a word.

 

 

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