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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
1.4. These phonemes are established on the basis of the contrasts given below.
1.4.1. Vowels :
1.4.1.1. / i / : / e /
/ imba?a/
‘here’
/ ihmu /
‘twist (rope)’
/ emba?a /
‘there’
/ ehmu /
‘pick (fruit)’
/ pinni /
‘pin, nib’
/ ginni /
‘dining plate’
/ penni /
‘cold’
/ ginne /
‘cymbal’
1.4.1.2. / u / : / o /
/u
a/
‘pulley’
/guhmu/
‘swallow’
/o
a/
‘meals, food’
/gohmu/
‘smoke, drink’
1.4.1.3. /i/ : / u /
/ ivi /
‘these’
/ m
¸ka /
‘fishes (pl.)’
/ uvi /
‘those’
/ mu
ka /
‘urine’
1.4.1.4. / e / : / a /
/ ehmu /
‘pick (fruit)’
/ke
ha/
‘have’
/ahmu/
‘catch (something)’
/ka
ha/
‘lizard’
1.4.1.5. / o / : / a /
/ ohmu /
‘break’
/ goh?a /
‘do not drink’
/ ahmu /
‘catch’
/gah?a /
‘do not smoke’
1.4.1.6. / e / : / o /
/ este?
/
‘(I) picked it’
/ oste?
/
‘(I) broke it’
/ gesti /
‘(you) tore (the cloth)’
/ gosti /
‘(you) smoked/drank’
1.4.2. Length:
1.4.2.1. / i / : / i : /
idi
‘this’
i : vari
‘this man’
/ ki /
‘for’
/ ki: /
‘to do, to fish’
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