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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
3.
[
ár
h
]
/
ár
h
/
centipede
4.
[
ktér
]
/
ktér
/
cockroach
5.
[
ró]
/
ró/
breast
Medially between two vowels :
1.
[k
á
k
>
]
/ká
k/
crow
2.
[
k
>
]
/
i
k/
castor oil
3.
[p
á
ì]
/pá
ì/
habit
4.
[l
ì
sò]
/lì
sò/
hare
5.
[v
ó
òm]
/vó
òm/
friend
Medially after the following consonants :
m, n
1.
[v
m
n]
/v
m
n/
hammer
2.
[p
ón
]
/pón
/
cream
/
/
It is a voiced palatal fricative. It does not have any positional variant other than [
] itself. It occurs initially and medially in a word.
Example for /h/ :
Initially before a vowel :
1.
[h
áyì]
/háyì/
plain
2.
[h
á
k
]
/há
k
/
cage
3.
[h
nórò]
/h
nóró/
chicken
4.
[h
lò]
/h
lò/
here
Medially between two vowels :
1.
[h
áhán]
/háhán/
porter
2.
[h
óhùm]
/hóhùm/
yawn
Finally
1.
[c
h
kméh]
/c
h
kméh/
wild bee (bigger)
/m/ It is a voiced unaspirated bilabial nasal. It occurs in all the three positions of a word.
Examples for [M] :
Initially before a vowel :
1.
[m
lánì]
/m
lánì/
evening
2.
[m
s
]
/m
s
/
cow
3.
[m
ét
h
p
>
]
/mét
h
p/
lung
4.
[m
p
h
ó
]
/m
p
h
ó
/
smoke
5.
[m
énk
p
>
]
/ménk
p/
beak
Initially before a consonant:
1.
[mp
ó
]
/mpó
/
wind
Initially before a semivowel :
1.
[my
ókù]
/myókù/
palm
Medially between two vowels :
1.
[t
mù]
/t
mù/
to strike
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árh
]
ktér
ró]
sò]
]
/
It is
a voiced palatal fricative. It does not have any positional variant
other than [
