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Phonology

Consonants

* /t͡ʃʰ/ and /w/ only rarely occur, and with /t͡ʃʰ/ only occurring in word-initial position. * The pre-aspirated voiceless /ʰr̥/, may have a word-initial allophone of , �rarely occurs phonemically. * �only occurs marginally from loanwords. * /t̪, p͡f/ in word-initial position may be heard as ̪ʰ, p͡fʰin free variation, rarely as phonemic. * /h/ may have an allophone of word-initially, word medially in free variation. rarely occurs as a phoneme. * /m/ before a central vowel /ɨ/ can have an allophone of a labiodental . * /n/ before high vowel sounds can have an allophone of a palatalized .

Vowels

* �only occurs inter-morphemically. * /ɨ/ can be heard as rounded �in free variation. * In word-initial position, /i, u/ can be lowered to �, ʊ * /e, o/ can be lowered to �, ɔin word-final position.

References

__FORCETOC__ Angami–Pochuri languages Languages of Manipur Languages of Nagaland Endangered Sino-Tibetan languages {{India-culture-stub