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[bh] is a slightly aspirated alternant of /b/.

It occurs in Assamese loan words.


[bhendi]
‘lady’s finger’
[bheti]
‘foundation’
[rbha]
‘pandal’

[b] is the checked alternant of /b/. It occurs finally and in clusters and is in free distribution with [p].


[kitab] [kitap]
‘book’
[pėzab] [pėzap]
‘duck’
[azėb] [azėp]
‘flat’
[agėb] [agėp]
‘near’
[kapdun] [kabdun]
‘is weeping’
gabnam] [gapnam]
‘fasting’

[b] occurs in all other environments


[btsam]
‘coiling’
[bulu]
‘they’
[dśbl]
‘blanket’
[mibś]
‘priest’

3. /t/ voiceless apico-alveolar stop

It has four allophones viz., [th,] [t,] [t5] and [t].

viz., [th,] {t,] [t5] and [t]

[th] aspirated. It occurs in loan words from Assamese.


[athi]
‘ring’
[pthar]
‘field’
[pithibi]
‘earth’

[t] unreleased. It occurs in clusters as a first member and in final position.


[tulapat]
‘paper’
[tįbat]
‘sugarcane’
[atnam]
‘to write’

[t5] voiceless apicodental. It is in free variation with [t] in the Sayang dialect of the language.


[t5ulaN] ~ [tulaN]
‘oil’
[t5erėN] ~ [terėN]
‘teeth of an animal’
[napit5] ~ [napit]
‘knife’

4. /dh/ voiced apicoalveolar stop. It has four positional alternants i.e., [dh], [d],[d5] and [d]

[dh] is a slightly voiced aspirated apicoalveolar stop. It occurs only in loan words.


[dharua]
‘mone-lender’
[gadh]
‘ass’
[dhuli]
‘dust’

[d] is an unreleased voiced apicoalveolar stop. Occurs finally and is in fre variation with [t*].


[rd] ~ [rt]
‘chariot’
[pskad] ~ [pskat]
‘postcard’
[d5śti] ~ [dśti]
‘place to sit’
[lįgd5u] ~ [lįgdu]
‘cubit’

[d5] is an apicodental sound. It is in free variation with [d] in the Sayang dialect of the language.


[bļrd5uk] ~ [bļrduk]
‘season’
[prd5a] ~ [prda]
‘screen’
[gidd5i] ~ [giddi]
‘spear’

[d] It occurs in all other environments


[dėtu]
‘Miri surname’
[adi]
‘hill’

5. /k/ has three allophones

 

 

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