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Examples for [t] :
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[tthì] |
/tthì/
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nature |
2. |
[trìv] |
/trìv/
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small |
3. |
[ttà] |
/ttà/
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peacock |
4. |
[tkì] |
/tkì/ |
chest |
5. |
[trók>] |
/trók/ |
six |
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Medially
between two vowels :
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Examples
for [t] :
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[ttà] |
/ttà/ |
peacock |
2. |
[tón] |
/tón/ |
forehead |
3. |
[ótó] |
/ótò/ |
tree |
4. |
[rótáv] |
/rótáv/ |
to
quarrel |
5. |
[khtà] |
/khtà/ |
sweep
(Imp) |
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Medially
after the following consonants :
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p, m, n, k,
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1. |
[cptà] |
/cptà/ |
axe |
2. |
[hptà] |
/hptà/ |
week |
3. |
[khmmtà] |
/khmmtà/ |
friendship |
4. |
[yánt] |
/yànt/ |
sword |
5. |
[sáktér] |
/sáktér/ |
cockroach |
6. |
[ytà] |
/ytà/ |
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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[thrà] |
/thrà/
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flower |
2. |
[thmrò] |
/thmrò/ |
thirty |
3. |
[thÌktò] |
/thìktò/ |
right |
4. |
[thchétà] |
/thchétà/ |
famous |
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Medially
between two vowels :
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1. |
[thò] |
/thò/ |
strength |
2. |
[yóthì] |
/yóthì/ |
banana |
3. |
[kthá] |
/kthá/ |
jack
fruit |
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Medially
after the following consonants :
p, m, n, k, |
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1. |
[khpthphn] |
/khpthphen/ |
chair |
2. |
[mthév] |
/mthév/ |
to
throw |
3. |
[nthò] |
/nthò/ |
holy |
4. |
[lkthì] |
/lkthì/ |
cucumber |
5. |
[khkthév] |
/khkthév/ |
to
sit |
6. |
[tshthì] |
/tshthì/ |
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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1. |
[snr«Ügà] |
/snrkà/
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rainbow |
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2. |
[tgr] |
/tkr/
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honey bee |
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Examples
for [k>] :
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1. |
[yókòk>] |
/yókòk/
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spoon |
2. |
[yónc¡k>]
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/yóncàk/ |
iron |
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