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1.2.
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Contrasting pairs
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1.2.1.
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Vowels
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/i/
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/i/
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phima |
‘rug’ |
phi:ma |
‘got out’ |
sil |
‘shade’ |
i:l |
‘oil’ |
phis |
‘clean’ |
phi:s |
‘fees’ |
/e/
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/e:/ |
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ser |
‘gold’ |
se:r |
‘walk (evening)’ |
beto |
‘calf’ |
be:ami:z |
‘uncivilized’ |
/u/ |
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/u:/ |
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sul |
‘wrinkle’ |
su:r |
‘pig’ |
tuk |
‘six’ |
tu:p2 |
‘tube’ |
mačuń |
‘second wife’ |
ulu:s |
‘procession’ |
/o/ |
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/o:/ |
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soba |
‘province’ |
so:fa |
‘sofa’ |
boal |
‘bottle’ |
bo:u |
‘Wednesday’ |
/a/ |
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/a:/ |
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yam |
‘anus’ |
ya:m |
‘evening’ |
hyańspa |
‘games’ |
hya:ńspa |
‘relax’ |
laza |
‘taste’ |
la:na |
‘curse’ |
/i/ |
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/e/ |
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ńispa |
‘second’ |
ńespa |
‘sin’ |
ces |
‘danced’ |
cis |
‘counted’ |
istifa |
‘resign’ |
esaq |
‘another’ |
/i/ |
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/u/ |
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istaw |
‘stove’ |
usta:t |
‘master’ |
rilba |
‘roll’ |
rulba |
‘rotten’ |
phali |
‘shield’ |
phalu |
‘alphabet’ |
/u/ |
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/o/ |
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usu |
‘coriander seed’ |
ospis |
‘cream’ |
rduń |
‘beat’ |
roń |
‘face’ |
kru |
‘corner’ |
kro |
‘wheat’ |
/o/ |
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/a/ |
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oma |
‘curds’ |
ama |
‘mother’ |
skor |
‘whirlpool’ |
skar |
‘size’ |
rgo |
‘body’ |
rga |
‘love’ |
/u/ |
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/a/ |
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usu |
‘coriander seed’ |
aura |
‘moharam (10th)’ |
yuń |
‘tumeric’ |
yań |
‘again’ |
phru |
‘young one’ |
phra |
‘gem’ |
/e/ |
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/o/ |
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erba |
‘people’ |
orba |
‘soup’ |
che |
‘life’ |
cho |
‘lake’ |
baqphe |
‘flour’ |
baqpho |
‘bridegroom’ |
/e/ |
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/a/ |
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ela:č |
‘remedy’ |
alta |
‘afterwards’ |
zerba |
‘say’ |
˛arba |
‘blind’ |
čherpa |
‘spleen’ |
čharpa |
‘rain’ |
/i/ |
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/a/ |
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ian |
‘enough’ |
a˛ań |
‘maternal uncle’ |
riń |
‘length’ |
rań |
‘pain’ |
khi |
‘dog’ |
kha |
‘mouth’ |
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1.2.2. |
Consonants |
/p/
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/b/
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dipi |
‘breast’ |
bip |
‘ferry boat’ |
brumpa |
‘small pox’ |
brumbo |
‘fat’ |
arpa |
‘damp’ |
orba |
‘soup’ |
/p/ |
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/ph/
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piso:l |
‘pistol’ |
phista |
‘out’ |
puksmo |
‘knee’ |
phukma |
‘straw’ |
ča:rpa |
‘cot’ |
čophru |
‘prince’ |
/p/ |
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/f/ |
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supa:ri |
‘arecanut’ |
sufa:ri* |
‘recommend’ |
ka:pi |
‘notebook’ |
ka:fi |
‘coffee’ |
thup |
‘dark’ |
bya:quf |
‘foolish’ |
/b/ |
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/f/ |
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so:ba |
‘province’ |
so:fa |
‘sofa’ |
do:bi |
‘washerman’ |
dofo:s |
‘club’ |
abis |
‘armlet’ |
dafa*s |
‘a kind of
festival in which people gather in the place and shoot
arrows’
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