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dhIla	dhila	‘become loose’
dhUbi	dhubi	‘washerman’
dhUni	dhuni	‘rich’
dha	adha	‘half’
/k/ is realized as [k], the voiceless velar stop everywhere.
kIlu	kilu	‘cockroach’
kUm	kum	‘a musical instrument’
phokEp	phokep	‘fifty’
hakIri	hakiri	‘a grass’
kki	kaki	‘a fish’
nokan	nokan	‘nose
tErEk	terek	‘move to another place’
mEk	mek	‘wound’
lk	lok	‘white’

/kh/ is realized as [kh], the voiceless aspirated velar stop initially and medially.

kha	kha	‘prevent’
khEla	khela	‘game’
khIrIki	khiriki	‘window’
lIkhi	likhi	‘write’
gkhIr	gakhir	‘animal’s milk
khr	akhor	‘letter in alphabet’

/g/ is realized as [g], the voiced velar stop everywhere.

gkhIr	gakhir	‘animal’s milk’
gyani	gyani	‘wise person’
mogj	mogoj	‘brain’
mEgve	megve	‘blind’
bogori	bogori	‘a fruit’
bhag	bhag	‘share’
/gh/ is realized as [gh], the voiced aspirated velar stop initially.

ghori	ghori	‘clock’
ghnti ,	ghonti ,	‘bell’
khnti	khonti
ghI	ghiv	‘ghee’
khi	khi

/?/ is realized as [?], the glottal stop medially.

r?i	ar?i	‘long for’
kI?i	ki?i	‘devil’
r?u	ar?u	‘kiss’
I?Uk	i?uk	‘bark’
kI?Ik	ki?ik	‘black’
kE?Er	ke?er	‘red’
r?e	ar?e	‘right hand’
Nasals
/m/ is realized as [m], the bilabial nasal everywhere.

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