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/r/ It is a voiced unaspirated alveolar trill. It does not
have any positional variant other than [r] itself. It occurs
initially, medially and finally in a word.
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Examples
for [r] :-
Initially before a vowel :- |
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[r  à]
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approve
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[r ù] |
/rù/ |
to
burn |
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[rmpm]
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bracelet
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[rákìv] |
/rákìv/ |
red |
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Medially
between two vowels :- |
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[kùrá] |
/kùrá/ |
lean |
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[kùr ]
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horse
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[árò] |
/árò/
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baby |
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[rrv]
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pheasant |
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[kthárì] |
/kthárì/ |
knife |
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Medially
before the following consonants : k, v. |
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[kórkì] |
/kórkì/ |
stable |
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[lávà] |
/lárvá/ |
cheap |
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Medially
after the following consonants :-
p, m, n, nh, k, g, N, c, l, |
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[zprá] |
/zprá/ |
stingy |
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[tmrò] |
/thmrò/ |
thirty |
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[ph nr] |
/phnr/ |
pickle |
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[tnhr] |
/tnhr/ |
gum |
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[r krò] |
/rkrò/ |
sixty |
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[tgr] |
/tkr/ |
honey
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[nrà] |
/nrà/ |
grief |
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[vcrò] |
/vcrò/ |
sparrow |
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[zálrò] |
/zálrò/ |
net |
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/th/
: It is a voiced aspirated alveolar trill. It does not have any
positional variant other than [rh] itself. It occurs
initially and medially in a word.
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nitially
before a vowel :
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[rhà] |
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saw (Imp) |
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[rhákù] |
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shoot at the point(Imp) |
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[rhmáv] |
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to catch |
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[rhmáchò] |
/rhmáchò/
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embrace |
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Medially
between two vowels :- |
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[pr] |
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bamboo |
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[sáárh] |
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centipede |
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[rhó] |
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boat |
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Medially
after the following consonants :-
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/w/
It is a voiced bilabial semivowel or frictionless continuant. It
has an intermediate status between vowel and consonant. When this
sound is produced tongue height is little higher than the height
for the corresponding vowel and little lower than the height for
the corresponding fricative. It occurs initially and medially in
a word.
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Examples
for [w] :
Initially before a vowel : |
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[wóròkù] |
/wóròkù/ |
name of a village |
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[wórò] |
/wórò/ |
bird |
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