| i) initially before vowels. |
|
|
[
 abbu ] |
|
‘wealth’ |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| ii) initially in clusters |
|
|
| [
ro:gi ] |
|
‘mushroom growing on tree-trunks’ |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| iii) medially between vowels |
|
|
| [ ţa:i
] |
|
‘blister’ |
| |
|
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| |
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| iv) medially in gemination |
|
|
| [ae ] |
|
‘cross’ |
| |
|
|
| |
|
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| v) medially after homorganic nasal |
|
|
| [ jeņa ] |
|
‘flag’ |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| vi) medially in clusters |
|
|
| [ mata ] |
|
‘fold’ |
|
1.5.9.8.
|
/ k / has one allophone [ k ]. |
It is the voiceless velar stop. It occurs in the environments given below.
|
| i) initially before vowels |
|
|
| [ ka:wa ] |
|
‘crow’ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ii) initially in clusters |
|
|
| [ kra:ņdu ] |
|
‘hare’ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| iii) medially between vowels |
|
|
| [ pi:ka ] |
|
‘cigar’ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| iv) medially in gemination |
|
|
[ okkapa: a
] |
|
‘bathroom’ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| v) medially after homorganic nasal |
|
|
| [ peńku ] |
|
‘file’ |
|
|
|
| vi) medially in clusters |
|
|
| [ nakţa ] |
|
‘bed bug’ |
|
1.5.9.9.
|
/ g / has the allophone [ g ]/ |
It is the voiced velar stop. It occurs in the following environments.
|
| i) initially before vowels. |
|
|
| [ ga:
a ] |
|
‘latch, hinge’ |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| ii) initially in clusters |
|
|
| [ gra:hù ] |
|
‘crocodile’ |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| iii) medially between vowels |
|
|
| [ ta: ga ] |
|
‘sunshine’ |
|
|
|
| iv) medially in gemination |
|
|
| [ kuggori ] |
|
‘sparrow’ |
| |
|
|
| v) medially after homorganic nasal |
|
|
| [ ańga ] |
|
‘body’ |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| vi) medially in clusters |
|
|
| [ boga ] |
|
‘stick’ |
| |
|
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|
