1.5.9.2.1.
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/ r / has the allophone [ r ]. |
| It is a voiced alveolar flap. It occurs |
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| i) initially before vowels |
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| [ rungu ] |
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‘colour’ |
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| ii) medially between vowels |
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| [ ko:ru ] |
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‘scraper’ |
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| iii) medially in clusters |
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| [ parpu ] |
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‘bed’ |
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| iv) in initial clusters |
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| [ kri:yu ] |
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‘ear’ |
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1.5.9.22.
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/ ŗ
/ has
the allophone [ ŗ
] |
| It is a voiced retroflex flap. It occurs |
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| i) initially before vowels |
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| [ ŗĩ:virika
] |
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‘cold’ |
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| ii) in initial clusters |
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| [ mŗa:lu
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‘hare’ |
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| iii) medially in clusters |
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| [ koŗga
] |
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‘tender leaf’ |
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1.5.9.23.
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/ y / has the allophone [ y ]. |
| It is the voiced palatal semi-vowel. It occurs |
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| i) medially between vowels |
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| [ e:yu ] |
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‘water’ |
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| ii) medially in gemination |
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| [ ayya ] |
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‘mother’ |
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1.5.10.1.
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Examples of two consonant clusters (including geminates) |
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1.5.10.2. |
/ p / |
| pr |
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pro:ņ o |
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‘grasshopper’ |
| pŗ |
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pŗa:li |
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‘hive of bumblebee’ |
| ph |
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aphine |
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‘(it) is broken’ |
| p |
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apŗa:lu |
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‘papad’ |
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1.5.10.3.
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/ b / |
| bb |
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sabbu |
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‘soap’ |
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| bg |
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ţubgi |
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‘small tiger’ |
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| pp |
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kappa |
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‘frog’ |
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| pţ |
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kupţa |
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‘leaves, bush’ |
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| pk |
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apka |
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‘arrows’ |
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| p? |
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go:rugo:p?eri |
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‘nail disease’ |
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| pņ |
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tipņi |
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‘tiffin’ |
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| pl |
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sipla |
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‘chips of wood’ |
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| bņ |
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bņe:komi |
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‘cucumber’ |
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| br |
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ţe:bri |
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‘left’ |
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| bd |
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habda |
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‘sound’ |
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| bŗ |
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habŗa |
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‘crowbar’ |
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| b |
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keba |
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‘wild buffalo’ |
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| bl |
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pajji tubli |
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‘small tiger’ |
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1.5.10.4. |
/ t / |
| tp |
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jatpuri |
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‘golden ornament worn in hair’ |
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| tt |
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ettu |
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‘height’ |
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| tk |
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vetki a:himanne |
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‘(it) is fluttering’ |
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| t? |
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ka:ŗrini sit?eri |
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‘species of mouse’ |
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