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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA B. MALLIKARJUN

/e/ has two allophones [E] and [e]. [E] Lower-mid unrounded front vowel. It occurs medially before /r/ and finally.   [tErE] /terae/ 'snail'   [tilE] /tile/ 'head' [e] Higher-mid unrounded front vowel. It occurs elsewhere.   [ermE] /erme/ 'buffalo'   [iresi] /irei/ 'mutton'   /a/ has three allophones [], [A] and [a]. [] Mean-mid unrounded central vowel.   It occurs medially before retroflex stops // and //, retroflex lateral //and their geminates.   [napU] /naapu/ 'behavior'   [ki] /kai/ 'dance'   [nU] /nau/ 'waist'   [pe/ /pae/ 'Brahmin'   [jE] /jae/ 'fool'   [pi/ /pai/ 'watch tower built in the middle of the paddy field'   [A] Higher-low unrounded central vowel. It occurs medially before clusters other than the geminates of retroflex stops and retroflex lateral, both identical and non-identical.   [mAkka] /makka/ 'children'   [pAnji] /panji/ 'pig'   [pAlli] /palli/ 'lizard' [a] Low unrounded central vowel. It occurs elsewhere.   [adi] /andi/ 'dark'

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