Download Urali Book --Select Grammar Book-- ABUJHMARIA Grammar ANGAMI Grammar AO Grammar APATANI Grammar BHUMIJ Grammar BROKSKAT GOJRI Grammar HMAR Grammar KARBI Grammar KOKBOROK Grammar KUVI Grammar LOTHA Grammar MAO NAGA Grammar MISHMI Grammar MISING Grammar MUNDARI Grammar NAGA PIDGIN Grammar PURKI Grammar SEMA Grammar Theory of Binding Grammar URALI Grammar A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA   A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF URALI Sam Mohan Lal 2.3. Phonemic Contrasts 2.3.1. Vowel Contrasts 2.3.1.1. Contrast in Length /i, i:/ /i/     higher-front noncentralised short vowel /i:/     higher-front noncentralised long vowel /iru/ `be’ /i:ru/ `lice’ /nila/ `moon’ /ni:la/ `blue’ /oppi/ `cap’ /pi:/ `faeces’ /e, e:/ /e/    mid-front noncentralised short vowel /e:/    mid-front noncentralised long vowel /eru/ `manure’ /e:ru/ `plough’ /petti/ `about’ /pe:tti/ `grand daughter’ /erume/ `buffalo’ /me:/ `graze’ /ë,ë:/ /ë/    mid-front centralised short vowel /ë:/    mid-front centralised long vowel /ëe/ `cave’ /ë:e/ `poor man’ /këe/ `weed’ /kë:e/ `wild goat’                                         Previous   |   Next Top

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