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g
|
ga
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ge
|
gi
|
go
|
gu
|
g
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¹
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g
|
|
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gc
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gs
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gl
|
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c
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ca
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ce
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ci
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co
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cu
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c
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cr
|
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j
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ja
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je
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ji
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jo
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ju
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m
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ma
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me
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mi
|
mo
|
mu
|
m
|
¹
|
mp
|
mb
|
mt
|
md
|
m
|
m
|
mk
|
mg
|
mc
|
mj
|
|
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|
|
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n
|
na
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ne
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ni
|
no
|
nu
|
n
|
¹
|
|
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nt
|
nd
|
n
|
n
|
nk
|
ng
|
nc
|
nj
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¹
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 k |
g
|
c
|
|
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Ns
|
|
|
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s
|
sa
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se
|
si
|
so
|
su
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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s
|
sk
|
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|
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r
|
ra
|
re
|
ri
|
ro
|
ru
|
r
|
¹
|
rp
|
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rt
|
rd
|
r
|
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rk
|
rg
|
rc
|
rj
|
rm
|
rn
|
rs
|
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rl
|
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l
|
la
|
le
|
li
|
lo
|
lu
|
l
|
¹
|
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|
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ld
|
|
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lk
|
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lc
|
lj
|
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ls
|
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h
|
ha
|
he
|
hi
|
ho
|
hu
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|
On the
basis of the above chart the total number of occurrence along with
the number of times each member precedes and follows other sound or
pause can be tabulated according to the order of the totals (excluding
the enter vocalic [ ] and the non-syllabic vowels): |
|
Segments
|
Preceding
|
Following
|
Total
|
Segments
|
Preceding
|
Following
|
Total
|
|
a
|
22
|
22
|
44
|
n
|
14
|
7
|
21
|
|
i
|
21
|
20
|
41
|
c
|
7
|
13
|
20
|
|
o
|
20
|
21
|
41
|
|
7
|
13
|
20
|
|
e
|
20
|
20
|
40
|
p
|
9
|
10
|
19
|
|
u
|
20
|
20
|
40
|
t
|
7
|
12
|
19
|
|
¹
|
22
|
13
|
35
|
s
|
7
|
11
|
18
|
|
r
|
18
|
12
|
30
|
|
7
|
10
|
17
|
|
k
|
9
|
16
|
25
|
b
|
8
|
8
|
15
|
|
d
|
14
|
10
|
24
|
j
|
5
|
10
|
15
|
|
l
|
12
|
12
|
24
|
|
5
|
5
|
10
|
|
m
|
16
|
7
|
23
|
h
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
|
g
|
10
|
12
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
| This
table demonstrates that the vowels are more frequent in Mundari than
the consonants and also that among all the sounds [a] has the largest
distribution. |
| 1.12.
Syllabification |
| Since
Mundari is an agglutinating language with words composed of one or
more monosyllables, its segmentation into a syllable is easy. A morphemic
boundary always coincides with the syllabic boundary, thus making
a correlation between the morpho-phonemic and phonetic divisions.
All kinds of affixes stand quite distinct, admitting minor morpho-phonemic
changes, if at all. |
| Now,
eliminating the supra-segmental features and setting them apart for
later discussion, we find the structure of a syllable or any one of
the following types: |
|
V
|
-a
|
‘used
as a copula’
|
|
VV
|
-au
|
‘to bring’
|
V.gif) c
|
-ai
|
‘I’
|
|
|
-ad
|
‘to
lose’
|
|
|
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