/f/ It is a voiceless labiodental fricative. It does not have any
positional variant other than [f] itself. It occurs initially and
medially in a word.
Examples
for [f] :
Initially before a vowel :
1.
[frò]
/frò/
dog
2.
[flì]
/flì/
kidney
3.
[frókyù]
/frókyù/
bitch
4.
[f]
/f/
to measure
Medially
between two vowels :
1.
[sf]
/sf/
leather
Medially
after the following consonants :
n, k,
1.
[ménf]
/ménf/
lip
2.
[ránf]
/ránf/
wolf
3.
[mhkf]
/mhkf/
eye
lash
4.
[kháfà]
/kháfà/
curve
Medially
before the following consonants :
v
1.
[fvì]
/fvì/
thief
/v/ It is a voiced labiodental fricative. It does not have any positional
variant other than [v] itself. It occurs initially, medially and
finally in a word.
kà]
rò]
chó]
]
lì]
v
