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 /tyga / [tyga] `pincer’
     
/tyo/
  [tyo]
 		`tawny frogmouth’

(2) /dy/ - [dy] : Palatalized voiced apicodental stop.
/ tadyį / [tadyĮ] `grey squirrel’
     
/ udyś / [?udyś] `peafowl’
     
/ kądył/

  [kądył]

 		`corner’
(3) /cy/ - [c] : Voiceless frontopalatal affricate.
/ macył /  [mačł] `antelope’
     
/ arwįcyą / [?arwĮčĮ]  `firefly’
     
/ cyįygc/

 		[cįygc]

 		`pied wagtail’

(4) /chy / - [čh] : Aspirated voiceless frontopalatal affricate.
/chyg /  [čhk’] `to walk’
     
/ pichyõ /

 		[püčhõ]

  `beans’
(5) / jy / - [] : Voiced frontopalatal affricate.
/ tajy/ [ta] `earthworm’
     
/ majyįrąyk / [maĮrąyk’] `cat’
     
/ majyg /

[mak’]

`mynah’
(6) /ny / - [ň] : Frontopalatal nasal.
/tanye/ [taňe] `lesser red squirrel’
     
/ khanyį/  [khan&Į´] `rodent’
     
/ nyś/

 		[ňś]

  `you’
(7) /ly/ - [ly] : Palatalized apicoalveolar lateral.
/ gilyõ / [gilyõ] `dragonfly’
     
/ maly/ [maly] `rhinoceros’
     
/ tįlyąb /

  [tįlyąp’]

 		`fly’
(8) /sy / - [š] : Voiceless frontopalatal fricative.
/ asyį / [ ?ašĮ] `bison’
     
/ syẽ/  [šẽ] `spotted woodpecker’
     
/ tyusyą /

 		[tyušą]

 		`pheasant’
1.4.4.3. 
 Labialization :

The cluster of the trill and the bilabial approximant is realized as a labialized trill.
/ rw / - [rw] : Labialized apicopalatal trill.
/ arwéyg /  [?arwéyk’]  `snow’
/ rwb/  [rwb] `bone’
/ garwi /  [garwi]  `horse’
/ arwįcyį ]

 		 [?arwĮčĮ]

 		 `firefly’
 1.5. Distribution
The distribution of phonemes covers their occurrence in isolation, in clusters and in syllables. The distribution is discussed with a word; occasionally, for ease of description, we have described it in smaller units like a morpheme.

1.5.1.     

 Distribution of Single Phonemes :
1.5.1.1. 
 Tones :
Apart from the comparatively rare occurrence of the rising-falling tone, the tones display no special distributional features.
 
 

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