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 Phoneme Allophone Description and Distribution /u/ [U] lower-high back rounded noncentralised short vocoid occurs initially [UnI] /uni/ `think’ [ω] higher-back unrounded noncentralised short vocoid occurs finally [pu:ttω] /pu:ttu/ `burry’ [i] higher-mid unrounded central short vocoid occurs elsewhere [piω] /puRRu/ `ant hill’ [jiRI] /juRi/ `suck’ /u:/ [u:] higher-back rounded noncentralised long vocoid occurs in all positions [u:tt] /u:tta/ `swelling’ [pu:nε] /pu:ne/ `cat’ [pu:] /pu:/ `flower’ /ü/ [Ü] higher-low rounded centralised short vocoid occurs word medially [vÜyI] /vüyi/ `path’ [nÜI] /nüi/ `crab’ /ü:/ [ü:] higher-back rounded centralised long vocoid occurs word medially and word finally [kü:] /kü:a/ `bottom’ [mü:γ] /mü:ga/ `son’ [vü:] /vü:/ `fall’                                         Previous   |   Next Top

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