/s/
It is a voiceless alveolar fricative. It does not have any positional
variant other than [s] itself. It occurs initially, medially and
finally in a word.
Initially
before a vowel :
1.
[sván]
/sván/
bear
2.
[sónr]
/sónr/
long snake
3.
[syálì]
/syálì/
fox
4.
[sóts]
/sóts/
elephant
5.
[spù]
/spù/
sambur
6.
[skk>]
/skk/
skull
Medially
between two vowels :
1.
[rásán]
/rásán/
soldier
2.
[sì]
/sì/
and
3.
[s]
/s/
cloth
Medially
after the following consonants :
p, n, k, N
1.
[k®ps«$N]
/k®ps«$N/
tumour
2.
[®péns«$]
/®péns«$/
weapon
3.
[l°ksà]
/l°ksà/
basket
4.
[m«ÜNs«$]
/m«ÜNs«$/
cow
Finally
1.
[p¡kós]
/p¡kós/
box
2.
[kákós]
/kákós/
paper
3.
[plós]
/plós/
blouse
/z/ It is a voiced alveolar
fricative. It does not have any other positional variant other than
[z] itself. It occurs initially and medially in a word.
Examples
for [z] :
1.
[zmó]
/zmó/
night
2.
[zzò]
/zzó/
good soil
3.
[zmà]
/zmà/
hide
and attack
4.
[zpà]
/zpà/
plaster
5.
[zthém]
/zthém/
scorpion
Medially
between two vowels :
1.
[z]
/z/
slave
2.
[sóz]
/sóz/
muscle
3.
[zp>]
/zp/
trouble
//
It is
a voiceless palatal fricative. It does not have any positional variant
other than []
itself. It occurs initially and medially in a word.
fvì]
kávtsì]
ts
v]
yálì]
k>]
/
It is
a voiceless palatal fricative. It does not have any positional variant
other than [
]
