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minimal pairs & spectrograms

IPA vowel chart with audio

Language: KOKBOROK
phoneme chart
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal
 m

n ŋ
Plosive p  
b 		t
d 		k ɡ
Fricative s
z 		h
Approximant j w
Trill r
Lateral approximant l


Vowel Phonemes
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'bai'
'gai'
'hai'
'kai'
'lai'
'Mai'
'Nai'
'pai'
'zai'
'rai'
'sai'
'wai'
wai->'younger sister\92s husband or younger brother\92s wife'
sai->'husband'
rai->'cane'
zai->'\91to look after\92'
pai->'buy'
nai->'granny'
mai->'rice'
lai->'\91a boundary that divides two or more paddy fields\92
kai->'plant'
hai->'like'
gai>'cow'
bai->'elder sister'