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Finally |
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1. |
[vón]
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/vón/
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sound
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2. |
[tón] |
/tón/ |
forehead |
3. |
[cón]
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/cón/
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January
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4. |
[khn] |
/khn/
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hymn |
5. |
[pyáph`n] |
/pyáphn/ |
kite |
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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.
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Examples
for [nh] :
Initially before a consonant : |
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1. |
[nhráv] |
/nhráv/
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to break some thing
vessel (etc) |
2. |
[nhrá] |
/nhrá/
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the wooden thing to muster
the butter milk for butter |
3. |
[nhr] |
/nhr/
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crook |
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Medially
before a consonant : |
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1. |
[tnhrù] |
/tnhrù/
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gum |
2. |
[tsánhrò] |
/tsánhrò/
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maize (corn) |
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/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.
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Examples
for [ñh]
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1. |
[ñhnà] |
/ñhnà/
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near |
2. |
[ñhá] |
/ñhá/
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insert |
3. |
[ñhàkù] |
/ñhàkù/
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to watch |
4. |
[ñhónà] |
/ñhónà/
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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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Examples
for [] :
Initially before a vowel : |
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1. |
[árò] |
/árò/
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baby |
2. |
[órà] |
/órà/
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ring worm |
3. |
[árò] |
/árò/
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retina |
4. |
[ókyù] |
/ókyù/
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goitre |
5. |
[ràtk>] |
/rátk/
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vertigo |
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Medially
between two vowels : |
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1. |
[há] |
/há/
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gander |
2. |
[khà] |
/khà/
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hard |
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Medially
before the following consonants :
p, ph, th, n, k, kh, g, z,
s : |
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