It occurs initially and medially.
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| ŋą |
‘billion’ |
 ŋō |
‘kind of plant, dark green in colour with poisonous
hair on leaves which render the skin pained and insensate’ |
ŋ |
‘line’ |
ōŋį
lņ |
‘shapely; well-formed’ |
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kōŋō |
‘shake [as tree, human being etc.] [vt]’ |
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pōŋō |
‘five’ |
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ōŋō |
‘orang-outang’ |
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[ I ] is the alveolar lateral
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| This is produced when the air stream from the lungs is
blocked in the middle of the mouth by the lip of the tongue touching the
alveolar or teeth ridge; the air stream passes through both sides of the
tongue. The velic is raised to close off the nasal passage. The vocal folds
come together, opening and closing to produce ‘voice.’ |
It occurs initially and medially.
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| lņkā |
‘mountain defile’ |
ōlō |
‘song’ |
lIj |
‘1. track; way |
khēlņ |
‘male animal [as of |
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2. means’ |
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nonbovine animals]’ |
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[r] is the alveolar trill.
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| It is produced when the tip of the tongue makes rapid
vibrations against the back part of the teeth ridge. The velic is raised to
close off the nasal passage. The vocal folds come together, opening and
closing to produce ‘voice.’ |
The Mao Naga trill is typically a heavy trill except when it
forms part of a cluster.
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It occurs initially and medially.
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r  ó |
‘brook; creek; |
kōr |
‘river’ |
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stream; rivulet’ |
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pīr |
‘hail’ |
kąrį |
‘dust’ |
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[  ] which could as well be
transcribed as [ ] because it is
NOT a sequence, is a co articulated segment of a voiceless trill and a
voiceless glottal fricative. The glottal fricative has greater degree of
friction than when it appears independently. It occurs initially and
medially.
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[h u] |
‘to open [as book etc.]’ |
| [ko] |
‘physique’ |
| [i] |
‘to jag body part’ |
| [o] |
‘to open [as box, door, window, bag, etc.]’ |
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[w] is the bilabial semivowel.
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It is produced when the
passage is not narrowed enough for the air to squeeze through
so that there is no friction. The lips are rounded to narrow
the air passage and change the shape of the oral cavity.
The vocal folds come together, produce ‘voice’ as they vibrate
and the velic is raised to close off the nasal passage.
Its occurence is so limited that it can almost be called
a marginal sound.
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| we |
‘habitual aspect marker’ |
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[y] is the palatal semivowel.
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It is articulated by the front of the tongue being raised
towards the hard palate, narrowing the air passage. The lips are spread, the
vocal chords come together, vibrate, producing ‘voice’ and the velic raised
to close off the nasal passage.
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It occurs initially and medially and only before the vowel [i].
It has limited occurence, like its bilabial congener.
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| yi |
‘be good’ |
kàyína |
‘a clan shongshong village’ |
| ye |
‘also’ |
kàyí |
‘glory’ |
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2.3.2.
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Consonant Clusters |
Mao Naga, like Angami, has consonant clusters composed of
the rolled consonant [r] preceded by stops-bilabial and velar : pr, phr, kr
and khr.
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