| 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 |
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/ë: i/ |
`ladder’ |
| /ä:ni/ |
`name of a month’ |
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| /mä:le/ |
`garland’ |
| /mü:le/ |
`corner’ |
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| 2.3.2. Consonant Contrasts |
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| /p/ bilabial voiceless plosive |
| /b/ bilabial voiced plosive |
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| /pongu/ |
`boil up’ |
| /bongu/ |
`rat hole’ |
| /pokku/ |
`umbilicus’ |
| /bokku/ |
`book’ |
| /kampa/ |
`pillar’ |
| /kambi/ |
`iron rod’ |
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| /b/ bilabial voiced plosive |
| /v/ labiodental semivowel |
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| /ba:ra/ |
`weight’ |
| /va:ra/ |
`week' |
/be u/ |
`mountain’ |
/ve u/ |
`cut’ |
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