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level tone. The variant is described as [ü] high back unrounded short vowel.
 
/pigr/ [pügr.] `leaf-bird’
/ kijõ/ [küjõ] `hornbill’
/ irć / [?ürć] `woodpecker’
 The Norms (or Basic Allophones) are given below :
(1) /i/ - [i] : High front unrounded short vowel.
/kap/ [kapi] `bat’
/sy/ [š] `claw’
/garwi/  [garwi] `horse’
/jym/  [m] `truth’
(2) /e/ - [e] : Mid front unrounded short vowel.
/ métą/ [métą] `mouse’
/ piné / [püné] `trunk’
/ kįmé / [kįmé] `flying-cat’
/ taméy/  [taméy] `elephant’

(3) / i / - [i] : High central unrounded short vowel.
/įgm / [?įgm] `arrow wasp’
/sy/  [š] `breath’
/ th iŻ/ [th ?uy ] `soldier ant’
/ prņ/  [prņ] `nightingale’
(4) /a/ - [a] : Low  central rounded short vowel.
/pįpł/  [pįpł] `mushroom’
/klą/  [klį] `crow’
/ tawį/ [tawį] `honey bee’
/ tapla/  [tapla] `Cedrela toona’
/ pįbgrą/ [pįbgrą] `spider’
(5) /u/ - [u] : High back rounded short vowel.
/ bśrway/ [bśrway] `lizard’
/udyś/ [?udyś] `peafowl’
/dulį/ [dulĮ] `terrapin’
/phu/ [phi]  `owl’
(6) /o/ - [o] : Mid back rounded short vowel.
/tyo/
  [tyo]
 `tawny frogmouth’
/dóląg/
 		 [dóląk’]
 		`crane’
/ khrónč/
  [khrónč]
 `cricket’
/ paró/
 [paró]
 `pigeon’
(7) / ẽ/ - [ẽ] : Higher-mid front unrounded nasalized vowel.
/syẽ/
 [sẽ]
 `woodpeckeer’
/lẽyą/
 		 [lẽyą]
  `to shine’
/wyg/
 		[wyg]
 `whirlpool’

(8) /ć/ - [ć] : Higher-low central rounded nasalized vowel.
/įlć/
 [?įlć]
 		`tusk’
/jśw/
  /jśw]
 		`cold’
/phlprņ/
  /phlprņ]
 `pebble’
(9) /õ/ - [õ] : Higher-mid back rounded nasalized vowel.
/hrõ/  [hrõ]  `back’
 

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