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/nh/ It is a voiced aspirated dendtal nasal. It does
not have any other positional variant other than [nh]
itself. It occurs initially and medially in a word.
Examples
for [nh] :
Initially before a consonant :
1.
[nhráv]
/nhráv/
to break some thing
vessel (etc)
2.
[nhrá]
/nhrá/
the wooden thing to muster
the butter milk for butter
3.
[nhr]
/nhr/
crook
Medially
before a consonant :
1.
[tnhrù]
/tnhrù/
gum
2.
[tsánhrò]
/tsánhrò/
maize (corn)
/ñ/
It is a voiced unaspirated palatal nasal. It does not have any other
positional variant other than [ñ] itself. It occurs initially and
medially in a word.
Examples
for [ñh]
:
1.
[ñhnà]
/ñhnà/
near
2.
[ñhá]
/ñhá/
insert
3.
[ñhàkù]
/ñhàkù/
to watch
4.
[ñhónà]
/ñhónà/
plough
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It is a voiced unaspirated velar nasal. It does not have any other
positional variant other than []
itself. It occurs initially, medially and finally in a word.
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cón]
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