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1. PHONOLOGY
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| Kokborok has
altogether thirty phonemes including tones out of which twentyone
are consonants, seven are vowels and two are tones. |
| 1.1.The
Phonemic Inventor |
| 1.1.1.Consonantss:
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Bilabial
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Alveolar
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Palatal
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Velar
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Glottal
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VL
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p
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t
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k
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Stops
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VLA
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ph
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th
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 h |
kh
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VD
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b
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d
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g
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Fricatives
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s
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h
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Nasals
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m
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n
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Trill
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r
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Lateral
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1
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Semivowels
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w
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y
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| 1.1.2.
Vowels: |
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Front
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Central
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Back
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High
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i
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µ
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u
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Mid
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€
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Low
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a
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| 1.1.3. Tones: High
Tone VÛ, Level Tone V (unmarked) |
| 1.2.
Contrast: |
| s: 1.2.1.Consonant |
| p¸ph¸b |
| ay `end' (V)¸phay
`cpome' (V)¸bay `break'(v) |
| t¸th¸d |
| taN
`do' (V)¸thaN `go' (V) ¸daN duluN |
| `a small drum' |
K¸kh¸g¸h
ka `climb' (V) kha `tie' (V) ¸ ga
`river'¸ ha
`earth' |
c¸ch¸j¸s
cu `grandfather'¸c&hu `wash' (V)¸ juk `female'¸
su `weigh' (V) |
m¸n¸
tam `what' tan¸ `cut' (V) ¸ ta
(V) |
| r¸1 |
| ru ' give'
(V)¸lu `pour' (V) ru ` |
