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[ ] |
palatal voiced nasal is always followed by |
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palatal voiced plosive |
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[ E ω] |
/kenju/ |
`cringe’ |
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[mΛ ] |
/manja/ |
`yellow’ |
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[ ] |
dental voiced nasal occurs before the dental plosives |
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[mΩdε] |
/monde/ |
`red platain’ |
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[midrI] |
/mundri/ |
`cashew nut’ |
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[nItε] |
/ninte/ |
`(I) stood’ |
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[η] |
velar voiced nasal occurs medially before |
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/k/ and /g/ |
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[IΩηkε] |
/lanke/ |
`eye fly’ |
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[ Iηg] |
/tinga/ |
`month’ |
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[n] |
alveolar voiced nasal occurs elsewhere |
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[Λnbω] |
/anbu/ |
`affection’ |
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[nælI] |
/näli/ |
`stream’ |
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[ma:n] |
/ma:n/ |
`deer’ |
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/ / |
[] |
retroflex voiced nasal occurs medially |
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[dIε] |
/die/ |
`varanda’ |
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[mΛ I] |
/mai/ |
`knee’ |
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[þi] |
/pua/ |
`corpse’ |
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| /l/ |
[l] |
alveolar voiced lateral occurs in all positions |
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[IEγΛ Λ] |
/legaa/ |
`horse shoe’ |
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[vEIε] |
/vele/ |
`net’ |
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[va:l] |
/va:l/ |
`tail’ |
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/ / |
[] |
retroflex voiced lateral occurs only medially and finally |
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[ΩΛνε] |
/koave/ |
`tube’ |
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[Ωω] |
/kou/ |
`horse gram’ |
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[va:] |
/va:] |
`saw’ (N) |
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