The mid vowels do not occur in
syllables ending in a nasal.
1.5.1.3.
Consonants :
(i)
The bilabial and velar stops and
nasals occur freely in all positions. None of the other consonants occur
before a pause. /l/ has been observed to occur in final position in borrowed
words.
(ii)
The feature apposition voice and
voiceless ness is neutralized before a pause (Ref.1.4.3.1.). Here the voiced
and voiceless stops share the same allophone, i.e., the voiceless unreleased
variety (Phonological conditioning is given in 1.4.3.1.)
For the distribution, clusters that
occur in a monomorphemic word as well as clusters that occur across
morphemic boundaries in polymorphemic and compound words are considered.
Under the second type, all word initial clusters occur word medially.
1.5.2.1.
Vowel Clusters :
The occurrence of vowel clusters is
rare and does not follow any apparent pattern. The vowel clusters do not
occur in word-initial positions. The following clusters have been observed.
/meẽtō /
`bud’
/ miẽ/
`tender’
/ hiuwa /
`sweat’
/ kat
agrāyg /
`lizard’
/ tįm /
`ashgourd’
/ th
iy/
`soldier ant’
/ pyaą /
`robin’
/ pyaõ /
`blacknest swiftlet’
/ thįą /
`(he) eats’
/ tįphraą/
`rivulet’
1.5.2.2.
Consonant Clusters :
(i) Geminated Consonants are not permitted in the
language. If, however, homorganic consonants occur across morphemic
boundaries, a
/ 
m/ 
/
agrāyg /
yaą / 
