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Examples for [t] :
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[t thì] |
/t thì/
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nature |
2. |
[t rìv] |
/t rìv/
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small |
3. |
[t tà] |
/t tà/
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peacock |
4. |
[t kì] |
/t kì/ |
chest |
5. |
[t rók>] |
/t rók/ |
six |
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Medially
between two vowels :
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Examples
for [t] :
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[t tà] |
/t tà/ |
peacock |
2. |
[ tón] |
/ tón/ |
forehead |
3. |
[ótó ] |
/ótò / |
tree |
4. |
[rótáv] |
/rótáv/ |
to
quarrel |
5. |
[kh tà] |
/kh tà/ |
sweep
(Imp) |
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Medially
after the following consonants :
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1. |
[c ptà] |
/c ptà/ |
axe |
2. |
[h ptà] |
/h ptà/ |
week |
3. |
[kh m mtà] |
/kh m mtà/ |
friendship |
4. |
[yánt ] |
/yànt / |
sword |
5. |
[sá ktér ] |
/sá ktér / |
cockroach |
6. |
[y tà] |
/y tà/ |
race |
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/th/
It is a voiceless aspirated dental stop. It does not have any positional
variant other than [th] itself. It occurs initially and
medially in a word.
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Examples
for [th]
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Initially
before a vowel :
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[th rà] |
/th rà/
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flower |
2. |
[th mrò] |
/th mrò/ |
thirty |
3. |
[thÌktò] |
/thìktò/ |
right |
4. |
[th chétà] |
/th chétà/ |
famous |
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Medially
between two vowels :
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1. |
[ thò] |
/ thò/ |
strength |
2. |
[yóthì] |
/yóthì/ |
banana |
3. |
[k thá] |
/k thá/ |
jack
fruit |
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Medially
after the following consonants :
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1. |
[kh pth ph n] |
/kh pth phen/ |
chair |
2. |
[ mthév] |
/ mthév/ |
to
throw |
3. |
[nthò] |
/nthò/ |
holy |
4. |
[l  kthì] |
/l  kthì/ |
cucumber |
5. |
[kh kthév] |
/kh kthév/ |
to
sit |
6. |
[tsh thì] |
/tsh thì/ |
fruit |
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/k/
It is a voiceless unaspirated velar stop. It has positional variants
[k>] which can be described as voiceless unaspirated
unreleased velar stop. It occurs only in the final position of a
word, and [g] which can be described as voiced unaspirated velar
stop. It occurs medially between two vowels, [k] occurs elsewhere.
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Examples
for [g] :
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[s nr«Ügà] |
/s nr kà/
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rainbow |
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2. |
[t gr ] |
/t kr /
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honey bee |
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Examples
for [k>] :
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1. |
[yó kòk>] |
/yó kòk/
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spoon |
2. |
[yónc¡k>]
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/yóncàk/ |
iron |
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