| |
/ ś / |
`to pinch’ |
| |
/macįbkįr / |
`bull’ |
| |
/ kįrł /
|
`head’
|
| (iv) |
/ i / - / o / |
|
| |
/ é / |
`this’ |
| |
/ ó / |
`to shoot’ |
| |
/ké/ |
`paddy’ |
| |
/kņ/
|
`roof’
|
| (v) |
/ ẽ / -
/ õ / |
|
| |
/ t / |
`to knit’
|
| |
/ kat agrāyg
/
|
`lizard’
|
|
1.3.2.3.
|
Contrasts for Release :
|
| (i) |
/ e / - / ẽ / |
|
| |
/ pé / |
`winnowing pan’ |
| |
/ p /
|
`curse’
|
| (ii) |
/ a / - / ć / |
|
| |
/ pla/ |
`salt’ |
| |
/ plć /
|
`to bend’
|
| (iii) |
/ o / - / õ
/ |
|
| |
/ó/ |
`to shoot’ |
| |
/õ/ |
'blacknest swiftlet' |
| |
/ko/ |
'skin' |
| |
/kõ/
|
'scout'
|
|
1.3.2.4. Contrasts for Height -
Position :
|
| (i) |
/e/-/a/-/o/ |
|
| |
/é/ |
'this' |
| |
/ą / |
'child’ |
| |
/ ó / |
`to shoot’ |
| |
/ ké/ |
`paddy’ |
| |
/ kį / |
`vagina’ |
| |
/ kņ
|
`roof ‘
|
| (ii) |
/ ẽ/ - / ć / |
|
| |
/ t / |
`to knit’ |
| |
/ tć/
|
`fish’
|
| (iii) |
/ć / - / õ/ |
|
| |
/ chćg yć/ |
`red-whiskered bulbul’ |
| |
/tabróch /
|
`hunter’
|
|
1.3.3.
|
Consonants :
|
1.3.3.1.
|
Contrasts for Place of Articulation
:
|
| (i) |
/ p / - / t / - / k / |
|
| |
/ pņ / |
`prison’ |
| |
/ to / |
`tender nut ‘ |
| |
/ ko / |
`skin ‘ |
| |
|
|
| (ii) |
/b/ - /d / |
|
| |
/ bó / |
`march’ |
| |
/ dó/ |
`cough’ |
| |
|
|
| (iii) |
/b/ - /g/ |
|
| |
/brą/ |
`button’ |
| |
/grā/ |
`roar of a tiger’ |
| |
|
|
| (iv) |
/d/ - /g/ |
|
| |
/dyś/ |
`Eleusine coracana’ |
| |
/gył/
|
`butter’
|
|