| /u/ has two allophones
[U] and [u]. |
| [U] |
Lower-high
rounded back vowel.
It occurs medially before clusters both identical
and non-identical, and finally. |
| |
[kU  E] |
/kue/
|
'lame boy' |
| |
[pU
U]
|
/puu/ |
'wound' |
| |
[te:nU] |
/te:nu/ |
'honey' |
| |
[ne U] |
/neu/ |
'crab' |
|
| [e] |
High
rounded back vowel.
It occurs elsewhere. |
| |
[umE] |
/ume/ |
'aunt' |
| |
[ura: E] |
/ura:e/ |
'husband' |
| |
[mudirE] |
/mudire/ |
'beans' |
|
| |
| /o/ has two allophones [O] and
[o]. |
| [O] |
Lower-mid
rounded back vowel.
It occurs medially before [r] and retroflex stops
, //
and //,
retroflex lateral //
and their geminates |
| |
[kOri] |
/kori/ |
'sheep' |
| |
[kOi] |
/koi/ |
'peak' |
| |
[bOi] |
/boi/ |
'light' |
| |
[boi] |
/boi/ |
'to
hit by a bullet' |
| |
[mOE] |
/moe/ |
'boy' |
| |
boUi] |
/boui/ |
'garlic' |
|
| [o] |
Higher-mid
round back vowel.
It occurs elsewhere. |
| |
[otti]
|
/otti/
|
'bread' |
| |
[toE] |
/toe/
|
'throat' |
| |
[kollU]
|
/kollu/
|
'to kill' |
|
| |
| Long |
| /i:/ has one allophonc [i:]. |
| [i:] |
High
unrounded front long vowel.
It occurs in all positions. |
| |
[i:sE| |
/i:e/
|
'house fly' |
| |
[pi:li]
|
/pi:li/
|
'eye lashes' |
| |
[ti:] |
/ti:/
|
'fire' |
|
