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phElo	phelo	‘ash, gunpowder’
pphu	paphu	‘make leaves change colour’
phi	aphi	‘after’
phra	aphra	‘front, before’
/b/ is realized as [b], the voiced bilabial stop which occurs in the initial and medial positions.
b	bo	‘husband’s younger brother’s
		wife’
bIp	bip	‘jaw’
bu	bu	‘weave basket’
tIbu	tibu	‘a side room’
cIbu	cibu	‘tie hair’
/bh/ is realized asa [bh] the voiced aspirated bilabial stop which occurs initially and medially.
bhUt	bhut	‘vote’
bhUl	bhul	‘make mistake’
rbha	robha	‘pandal’
/t/ is realized as [t], the voiceless alveolar stop everywhere.
cha tIki	chay tiki	‘cultivate’
tE	te	‘weave by moving rod in the
		loom’
t	toy	‘send’
ptu	patu	‘conceal something’
kItUn	kitun	‘cook’
rti	arti	‘an ant’
pEt	pet	‘only’
vIt	vit	‘paint’
kat	kat	‘run’
/th/ is realized as [th], the voiceless aspirated alveolar stop which occurs initially and medially.
thrve	tharve	‘mango’
thEdUr	thedur	‘be fatty without strength’
thIp	thip	/beat a drum’
pIrthe	pirthe	‘world’
čithk	cithok	‘breed from egg’
thEk	athek	‘bad omen’
aptha	aptha	‘shoot (Imp.)’
/d/ is realized as [d], the voiced alveolar stop initially and finally.
dI	di	‘tall, lengthy’
de	de	‘tongue’
d	doy	‘curd’
pEdam	pedam	‘make someone to go’
jduk>r	jadukor	‘magician’
ldak	ladak	‘here’
dl	dolo	‘bridge’
/dh/ is realized as [dh], the voiced aspirated alveolar stop initially and medially.

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