|
| It
is an alveolar voiced nasal consonant. It occurs in all the
three positions. |
Initial
|
| /nú/
|
‘mother’ |
| /ná/
|
‘pain’ |
| /náu/
|
‘son’, ‘daughter’ |
/ná nì/
|
‘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. |
|
|
| It
is a labio-dental voiceless unaspirated fricative. It occurs
in initial and medial positions only. |
|
|
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’ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
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’ |
|
|
|
:/
hà/
