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voicing, we get voiced sounds, and when vocal cords do not vibrate,
the sounds produced are voiceless. In this language the following
is the list of the two types of consonants thus classified. |
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Voiced -
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Voiceless -
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1.3. Phonemic Contrasts
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1.3.1. Vowels
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1. /i/ vs
/u/
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/idne/
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‘high’
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/śdne/
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‘heavy’
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/it
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‘to do’
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/ut/
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‘to rear’
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/kķnam/
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‘disease’
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/kunam/
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‘sour taste’
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/tinam/
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‘drinking’
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/tunam/
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‘crawling’
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2.
/i/ vs / ļ /
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/it/
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‘to do
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/ ļt/
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‘to cut’, ‘to harvest’
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/ayinė/
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‘honest’
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/ayļ N/
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‘golden’
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3.
/i/ vs /u/
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/i t/
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‘to harvest’
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/ut
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‘to rear’
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/ļ saN/
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‘to raise head ;
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/usaN/
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‘the sound of water boiling’
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/pļ t/
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‘to arrive’
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/put/
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‘to root out’
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/gmļg/
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‘individual voice’
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/gmug/
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‘tune’
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4.
/i/ vs /e/
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/it/
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‘to do’
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/et/
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‘to defecate’
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/isi/
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‘this’
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/esi/
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‘urine’
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/ami/
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‘man’
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/ame/
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‘small boy’
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/ribi/
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‘rope’
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/rśbe/
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‘soil’
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5
/ļ/ vs /e/
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/ļt/
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‘to harvest’
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/et/
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‘to defecate’
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/lļp /
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‘neck’
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/lep/
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‘sole’
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6.
/u/ vs /e/
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/ut/
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‘to rear’
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/et/
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‘to defecate’
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/įru/
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‘hole’
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/įre/
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‘horn’
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/ąnu/
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‘new’
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/ąnė/
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‘coming’
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7.
/ ļ / vs /ė/
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/dśmļ r/
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‘sky’
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/dśmėr /
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‘turban’`
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/alļ /
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‘festival’
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/alė/
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‘leg’
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/lļ gąn/
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‘sour’
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/lėgąn/
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‘for the sake of'
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/pļ tir/
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‘dry’
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/pėtir /
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‘cage’
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8.
/i/ vs /ė/
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/appi/
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‘four’
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/appė/
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‘egg’
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/kķni/
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‘navel’
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/kķnė/
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‘dog’
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9.
/e/ vs /ė/
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/emė/
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‘relationship between two wives
of the same man’
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/ėmė/
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‘fire’
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/téma/
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‘unripe’
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/tėma/
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‘don’t cut’
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/unne/
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‘fate’
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/unnė/
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‘bright’
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/ket/
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‘to chew’
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/kėt/
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‘spinning done by hand’
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10.
/u/ vs /ė/
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/įruN/
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‘hole’
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/ įrėn/
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‘horn’
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/anu/
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‘new’
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/anė/
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‘coming’
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11.
/i/ vs / /
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/it/
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‘to do’
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/t/
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‘to give birth to’
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/isi/
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‘this’
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/is/
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‘bison’
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/pķr/
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sugarcane-like reads’
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/pr/
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‘wine, black in colour’
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