[bh] is a slightly aspirated
alternant of /b/.
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It occurs in Assamese loan words.
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[bhendi]
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‘lady’s finger’
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[bheti]
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‘foundation’
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[rbha]
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‘pandal’
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[b’]
is the checked alternant of /b/. It occurs finally and in clusters
and is in free distribution with [p’].
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[kitab’]
[kitap’]
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‘book’
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[pėzab’]
[pėzap’]
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‘duck’
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[azėb’]
[azėp’]
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‘flat’
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[agėb’]
[agėp’]
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‘near’
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[kap’dun]
[kab’dun]
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‘is weeping’
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gab’nam]
[gap’nam]
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‘fasting’
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[b] occurs in all other environments
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[btsam]
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‘coiling’
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[bulu]
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‘they’
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[dśbl]
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‘blanket’
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[mibś]
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‘priest’
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3. /t/ voiceless apico-alveolar stop
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It has four allophones viz., [th,]
[t’,] [t5]
and [t].
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viz., [th,] {t’,]
[t5] and [t]
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[th] aspirated. It occurs in
loan words from Assamese.
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[athi]
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‘ring’
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[pthar]
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‘field’
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[pithibi]
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‘earth’
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[t’] unreleased.
It occurs in clusters as a first member and in final position.
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[tulapat’]
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‘paper’
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[tįbat’]
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‘sugarcane’
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[at’nam]
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‘to write’
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[t5] voiceless
apicodental. It is in free variation with [t] in the Sayang dialect
of the language.
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[t5ulaN]
~ [tulaN]
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‘oil’
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[t5erėN]
~ [terėN]
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‘teeth of an animal’
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[napit5]
~ [napit’]
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‘knife’
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4. /dh/ voiced apicoalveolar
stop. It has four positional alternants i.e., [dh],
[d’],[d5]
and [d]
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[dh] is a slightly voiced aspirated
apicoalveolar stop. It occurs only in loan words.
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[dharua]
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‘mone-lender’
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[gadh]
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‘ass’
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[dhuli]
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‘dust’
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[d’] is an unreleased
voiced apicoalveolar stop. Occurs finally and is in fre variation
with [t*].
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[rd’]
~ [rt’]
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‘chariot’
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[pskad]
~ [pskat]
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‘postcard’
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[d5śti]
~ [dśti]
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‘place to sit’
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[lįgd5u]
~ [lįgdu]
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‘cubit’
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[d5] is an
apicodental sound. It is in free variation with [d] in the Sayang
dialect of the language.
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[bļrd5uk]
~ [bļrduk]
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‘season’
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[prd5a]
~ [prda]
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‘screen’
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[gidd5i]
~ [giddi]
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‘spear’
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[d] It occurs in all other environments
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[dėtu]
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‘Miri surname’
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[adi]
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‘hill’
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5. /k/ has three allophones
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