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2.6.13 /n/
It is an alveolar voiced nasal consonant. It occurs in all the three positions.
Initial

 
/nú/ ‘mother’
/ná/ ‘pain’
/náu/ ‘son’, ‘daughter’
/nánì/ ‘you’
   


Medial

 
/móunú/ ‘bride’, ‘daughter-in-law’
/tùnù/ ‘grand daughter’
/lúná/ ‘head ache’
/ríelnó/ ‘glass’
   


Finally
 
/tlú:n/  ‘straight’
/bá:n/ ‘arm’
/kán/ ‘we’
/rán/ ‘cattle’
   
2.6.14. //
It is a velar voiced nasal consonant. It occurs in all the three positions. By contrast /*/ has no initial occurrence in other Indo-Aryan languages.

Initial

 

/á/ ‘fish’ /àm/ ‘dare’
/à:n/ ‘steam’ /:/ ‘deep forest’
/àidí/ ‘thatch’ /óu/ ‘fair complexioned’
/Námán/ ‘catching fish’    
       

Medial

 

/zíbú/ ‘lunch’ /rà:vá/ ‘tin’
/bùbé:l/ ‘utensils’  /máthà/ ‘sweet dream’
/thíphèk/ ‘head board’ /námà:/ ‘your’
       
Final

 
/úo/ ‘plinth’    
/túitì/ ‘dam’    
/zúfá:/ ‘wine’    
/ìnsá:/ ‘high’    
       
2.6.15.  /f/
It is a labio-dental voiceless unaspirated fricative. It occurs in initial and medial positions only.

Initial

 

Medial

 

/fú/ ‘sugar cane’  /bùfái/ ‘rice’
/fáhrèl/ ‘pestle’ /zúfá/ ‘wine’
/fákhà/ ‘nurition’ /zìefú/ ‘scraper’
/fàhmá/ ‘cucumber’ /théibùfài/ ‘pomegranate’
2.6.16 /v/
It is the voiced counterpart /f/. It also occurs in initial and medial positions. Words with /v/ are, however, few in number.

Initial

 

Medial

 

/vùt/ ‘ash’ /fávái/ ‘husk’
/vá:i/ ‘feed’ /sávún/  ‘leather’
/vár/ ‘bright’ /ràvá/ ‘tin’
/váimí:m/ ‘maize’ /pílvút/ ‘dust’
       
2.6.17. /s/
It is an alveolar voiceless unaspirated fricative. It generally occurs in initial and medial positions, and only in a few foreign words in final positions.
Initial

 
/sìlpúi/ ‘hat’
/súm/ ‘mortar’
/sùrài/ ‘file’
/sàhmúl/ ‘wool’

 

 

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