/h/
It is
a voiced aspirated velar nasal. It does not have any positional
variant other than [h]
itself. It occurs only in the medial position between two vowels.
Examples
for [nh] :-
1.
[hÌhórò]
/hìhórò/
lion’s cub
2.
[hÌhò]
/hÌhò/
lion
3.
[nhórì]
/nhórì/
child
/l/
It is a voiced unaspirated alveolar lateral. It does not have any
positional variant other than [l] itself. It occurs initially, medially
and finally in a word.
Examples
for [l] :-
1.
[líz]
/líz/
soil
2.
[lókò]
/lókò/
ground
3.
[lókù]
/lókù/
cave
4.
[límhà]
/límhà/
world
5.
[líc]
/líc/
desert
Medially
between two vowels :
1.
[phyálì]
/phyálì/
omen
2.
[lánì]
/lánì/
again
3.
[lóy]
/lóy/
female
4.
[lók>]
/lók/
cloud
5.
[lì]
/lì/
wealth
Medially
before semivowel :-
1.
[cályù]
/cályù/
earthworm
Medially
before the following consonant :-
m, n,
1.
[khmlán]
/khmlán/
religion
2.
[nlplà]
/nlplà/
lightening
3.
[nlán]
/nlán/
fault
4.
[phlánts]
/phlánts/
mountain
Finally
1.
[kózál]
/kózál/
nail
/lh]
It is a voiced aspirated alveolar lateral. It does not have any
positional variant other than [lh]
itself.
It
occurs initially and medially between two vowels.
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