| h
is a voiceless glottal fricative. It occurs in the initial and medial
positions onle. |
| Examples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
h Ûr
|
hÛr
|
‘fire’
|
bhk
|
bhk
|
‘belly’
|
|
|
| 1.3.1.3.
Nasals: |
| m is bilabial
nasal. It occurs nasal. It occurs in all the three positions initial,
medial and final. |
| Examples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
|
musuk~muchuk
|
musuk
|
‘cattle’
|
|
tamo
|
tam
|
‘what’
|
mtm
|
mtm
|
‘brain’
|
|
|
| n is an alveolar
nasal. It has two allophones. The palatal n&
occurs before c& and j& after
y and the alveolar n occurs elsewhere. |
| Examples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
|
|
Eñ i
|
 ni
‘fishing net’ |
|
|
bañ i
|
bani
‘barren woman’
|
|
|
sayn)a
|
sayna ‘bugle’
|
|
|
|
n
|
nuk
|
nuk
‘see’
|
|
|
knr
|
knr
‘move’
|
|
|
k«ran
|
k«ran ‘dry’
|
|
|
| N is a velar nasal It occurs
in the medial and final positions only. |
| Examples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
cu a
|
ua
|
‘bamboo
can’
|
|
nµN
|
nµ
|
‘you’
|
|
|
| 1.3.1.4.
Trill: |
| r is a voiced
alveolar trill. It occurs in all the positions. |
| Examples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
ra
|
ra
|
‘money,
rupee’
|
|
larima
|
larima
|
‘butterfly’
|
 ikur~ hikur |
hikur
|
‘jackal’
|
|
|
| 1.3.1.5.Lateral |
| 1 is a voiced
alveolar lateral. It occurs initially, medially and finally. |
| Examples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
|
lama
|
lama
|
‘road’
|
|
hilik
|
hilik
|
‘heavy
in weitht’
|
|
khul
|
khul
|
‘cotton’
|
|
|
