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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
Close types
-CVC- ip-pur-ti 'scabis'
-CC- e:v-ya:t-elu 'anybody'
-CCVC- i-ndel-ari 'one type of rice'
-CCC- ba:-rka:r-ati 'pregnant woman'
-CVCC- pa-ang-ayu 'forearm'
-CCC- na-ra:ng-u 'to suffer'

All the above types of medial syllables can be generalized as

-(C) (C) (C) (C) -
 
Final syllables
There are four types of final syllables. They are -V, -, -CV, -CCV.
 
Open types
-V ko:-e 'monkey'
- be:-re: 'O! Bera'
-CV i-e 'hood'
-CCV mo-e 'boy'

All the above types of final syllables can be generalized as

-(C) (C)

On the basis of the total number of syllabes in a word, the following types of syllables are identified in Yerava.

Monosyllabic words
Disyllabic words
Trisyllabic words
Tetrasyllable words
Pentasyllable words
Hexasyllabic words
   
 
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