Uh |
uh |
‘expression of sorrow/apin’ |
pUh |
puh |
‘an Assamese month’ |
t h |
toh |
‘yes’ |
In some
words, [h] freely varies with [x], the voiceless velar
fricative.
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hot n~ |
hoton |
‘a small basket used to
store |
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rice etc.’ |
bIh i~ |
abihoy |
‘subject’ |
h nyahi~ |
honyahi |
‘sanyasi’ |
x nyahi |
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I h n~ |
i hon |
‘love, like’ |
I x n |
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k![](image/edot.gif) hai~ |
ka hay |
‘thin’ |
k![](image/edot.gif) xai |
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h rlu~ |
harlu |
‘a metal cup used to
drink |
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water, beer etc. |
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Lateral
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/l/ is
realized as [l], the alveolar lateral everywhere.
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la |
la |
‘he, she, it’ |
lE pUm |
le pum |
‘pestle’ |
lama |
lama |
‘flag’ |
lUt |
lut |
‘enter’ |
plIpli |
plipli |
‘butterfly’ |
cóEl![](image/c1.gif) |
celo![](image/nbar.gif) |
‘buffalo’ |
kIlu |
kilu |
‘cockroach’ |
lUpIk |
lupik |
‘more blunt’ |
jal |
jal |
‘fishing net’ |
t rval |
torval |
‘sword’ |
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/r/ is
realized as [r], the alveolar trill everywhere.
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rE![](image/nbar.gif) |
re![](image/nbar.gif) |
‘skin’ |
r![](image/c1.gif) ![](image/nbar.gif) |
ro |
‘village’ |
rUmal |
rumal |
‘handkerchief’ |
pIrthe |
pirthe |
‘world’ |
p tora |
patora |
‘trouble (Tr.)’ |
cIru |
ciru![](image/c1.gif) |
‘weep’ |
bot r |
botor |
‘weather’ |
j r |
jor |
‘sell’ |
nichar |
nichar |
‘great grandfather’s
sister’ |
par |
apar |
‘except’ |
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Semi-vowels
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/v/ has two
allophones [ ]
and [v]. /v/ is realized as [ ], the
high-back unrounded non-syllabic vowel after
a vowel and before a consonant or in the final position.
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r![](image/c1.gif) |
rov |
‘a fish’ |
ta n |
tavn |
‘town’ |
bla sch |
blavch |
‘bolouse’ |
v/ is
realized as [v], the labio-dental frictionless continuant
initially and before a vowel.
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