| Again,
in case of nasalized vowels, the set of a),e),i),o)
and u)
occur in free variation in post nasal and v)ø-positions
with the oral a,e,i,o and u vowels. |
| 1.2.3.
Segments of two Overlapping Distribution: |
| Combinations
of two vocoids vary with changing the quality of one of its constituents
as full to a glide vocoid and vice-versa as in the following cases: |
u.
|
and
|
 a |
i.
|
and
|
 a |
 a |
and
|
eya
|
o
|
and
|
eyo
|
 e |
and
|
oye
|
a
|
and
|
 yć |
|
owa
|
and
|
a
|
|
uwa
|
and
|
a
|
a
|
and
|
iya
|
|
|
| The
change in the quality is statable in terms of the change in environment
in each case, therefore, the segments implied in the sets occur in
overlapping distribution. |
| Although,
[a] and []
appear to occur in overlapping situation like V-, where V is either
[i] or [u], the complementatin is still there because in the case
of [a], the preceding vowels are glides while in the case of [],
they are full vowels. |
| 1.2.4.
Segments in Contrast: |
| Such
segments which have some phonetic similarity and which can be taken
to be within a suspicious pair are tabulated below as such showing
the contrast. They are arranged in minimal pairs having exactly the
same segmental environment. The allophonic variations which have been
given above in § 1.2.1. dealing with complementary distribution have
been avoided there since they do |
| not
require individual attention. Each of the vocoids has been shown here
in contrasting position. |
| List of suspicious
pairs: |
|
Segmentcomprising
the suspiciouspair
|
Environments
as illustration
|
Examples
|
|
|
p,t
|
¹-
|
pe
|
‘you
(plural)’
|
|
|
|
te
|
‘towards
(used as affix)’
|
p,
|
¹-VCV
|
poko
|
‘swollen(forbread)’
|
|
|
|
oko
|
‘a
kind of brinjal’
|
|
p,k
|
¹-VCV
|
paa
|
‘a
mango seed’
|
|
|
|
kaa
|
‘leg’
|
|
p,c
|
¹-VC
|
pa
|
’to
open a door suddenly’
|
|
|
|
ca
|
‘to
bifurcate’
|
t,
|
¹-VCV
|
aku
|
‘apieceofwoodhung
in theneck of cattle’
|
|
|
|
taku
|
‘theirs’
|
|
t,k
|
¹-VV
|
taau
|
‘sparrow’
|
|
|
|
ka a u
|
‘row’
|
|
t,c
|
¹-V
|
ti
|
‘hand’
|
|
|
|
ci
|
‘what(inteerogative)’
|
,k
|
¹-VC
|
um
|
‘small,
insignificant’
|
|
|
|
kum
|
‘skin
of goat used as a pouch’
|
,c
|
¹-V?
|
o?
’
|
‘to
fall into one’shands
|
|
|
|
co?
|
‘to
kiss’
|
|
k,c
|
¹-V?
|
ko?
|
‘name
of two kinds of birds’
|
|
|
|
co?
|
‘to
kiss’
|
|
b,d
|
¹-VC
|
biri
|
‘an
iron chain’
|
|
|
|
diri
|
‘stone’
|
|
b,·
|
¹-VC
|
baN
|
to
put some one out of game’
|
|
|
|
·ar
|
‘a
pole’
|
|
|
|
b,g
|
¹-VCV
|
ba a
|
‘denotes
idea of distribution’
|
|
|
|
gaa
|
‘river’
|
|
|
