| Examples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
phant k
|
phantk
|
‘brinjal’
|
|
kiphil
|
kiphil
|
‘return’ (V)
|
|
|
|
b is a voiced bilabial stop. It occurs in the initial and |
| medial positions. |
| Exmples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
|
bubuk
|
bubuk
|
‘intestine’
|
|
sabo
|
sab
|
‘who’
|
|
|
| t is a voiceless
alveolar stop. It occurs in the initial, medial |
| and final
positions. |
| Exmples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
tusuk~ tuchuko
|
tusuk
|
‘mattress’
|
bat ma
|
batma
|
‘a
green vegetable’
|
jat~ at
|
at
|
‘race’
|
|
|
|
th is a voiceless aspirated alveolar stop. It occurs in the |
| initial and
medial positions. |
| Examples:
|
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
|
thmk
|
thµkk
|
‘louse’
|
bthp
|
bthp
|
‘nest’
|
|
|
| d
is a voiced alveolar stop. It occurs in the initial and medial positions. |
| Examples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
dgar
|
dgar
|
‘door’
|
|
buduk
|
buduk
|
‘creeper’
|
|
|
is a voiceless palatal affricate. It has two allophones c&
and c. The palatal voiceless affricate c& occurs before front vowels and the alveolar voiceless affricate
c occurs elsewhere. However c& freely varies with c before non-front vowels.This
phoneme occurs in the initial and medial positions. |
| Examples: |
|
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
|
|
ibuk
|
ibuk
|
‘snake’
|
|
|
|
 Nkhru |
‘glow worm’
|
~c
|
amari~camari
|
&mari
|
‘son-in-law’
|
|
|
umuy~cumuy
|
umuy
|
‘cloud’
|
|
|
hamk~hacµk
|
haµk
|
‘mountain’
|
|
|
|
h
is a voiceless palatal aspirated affricate. It freely varies with
s&
and occurs in the initial and medial positions. Finally it occurs
only in borrowed words. |
| Examples: |
|
Phonetic
|
Phonemic
|
|
|
|
hipi
|
‘sesame’
|
|
|
k ha
|
‘wound’
|
|
|
ah
|
‘ship’
|
|
|
ipi
ha 
