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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF URALI
Sam Mohan Lal
2.3.1.3.1. Contrast of Centralised Long Vowels
/ë:/    mid-front centralised long vowel
/ä:/    lower-back centralised long vowel
/ü:/    higher-back centralised long vowel
/ë:,ä:/
/ë:i/ `ladder’
/ä:ni/ `name of a month’
/ä:,ü:/
/mä:le/ `garland’
/mü:le/ `corner’
2.3.2. Consonant Contrasts
/p, b/
/p/    bilabial voiceless plosive
/b/    bilabial voiced plosive
/pongu/ `boil up’
/bongu/ `rat hole’
/pokku/ `umbilicus’
/bokku/ `book’
/kampa/ `pillar’
/kambi/ `iron rod’
/b, v/
/b/    bilabial voiced plosive
/v/    labiodental semivowel
/ba:ra/ `weight’
/va:ra/ `week'
/beu/ `mountain’
/veu/ `cut’

                                       

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