A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF URALI |
Sam Mohan Lal |
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2.4.2. Consonants |
Occurrence of the consonant phonemes in the medical position is uniform but in initial and final positions some of the consonants fail to occur. The following chart reveals the occurrence of the consonant phonemes in different positions. |
PHONEMES |
INITIAL |
MEDIAL |
FINAL |
p |
+ |
+ |
- |
b |
+ |
+ |
- |
t |
+ |
+ |
- |
d |
+ |
+ |
- |
|
+ |
+ |
- |
|
+ |
+ |
- |
k |
+ |
+ |
- |
g |
+ |
+ |
- |
c |
+ |
+ |
- |
c |
+ |
+ |
- |
j |
+ |
+ |
- |
s |
+ |
+ |
- |
m |
+ |
+ |
+ |
n |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
- |
+ |
- |
l |
+ |
+ |
+ |
|
- |
+ |
+ |
r |
+ |
+ |
+ |
R |
+ |
+ |
+ |
v |
+ |
+ |
- |
y |
- |
+ |
+ |
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