|
|
| /c/ palatal voiceless plosive |
| /s/ alveolar fricative |
|
| /cinna/ |
`small’ |
| /sinna/ |
`gold’ |
| /muccu/ |
`cover’ |
| /mu:su/ |
`breath’ |
|
| 2.4. Phonemic Distribution (single phonemes) |
| 2.4.1. Vowels |
| The following distributional phonemic charts of both vowel and consonant phonemes reveal the occurrence of the respective phonemes of its positions. It may be noted that all vowels excepting the centralised /ü/ and its long counterpart /ü:/ occur in all positions. /ü/ occurs only medially whereas /ü:/ occurs in non-initial positions. |
| Phoneme |
Initial |
Medial |
Final |
| i |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| i: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| e |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| e: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| ë |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| ë: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| a |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| a: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| ä |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| ä: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| o |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| o: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| u |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| u: |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| ü |
- |
+ |
- |
| ü: |
- |
+ |
+ |
|
