mal pairs

NORTH EAST INDIA LINGUISTIC DATABASE

minimal pairs & spectrograms

Language: MOYON

Consonant phoneme

bilabial Labio
dental alveolar palatal velar glottal

s
t
o
p VL stop p b t d c Ɉ k

VL aspirated P^h

t^h

k^h

Nasal m

n

ŋ

Fricative f v s z h

Trill r

Semi-vowel w

Lateral l

Vowel phoneme >

Front Central Back

unrounded rounded rounded

High i

u

Mid e

ei

Mid-low o

Low a

	bilabial	Labio dental	alveolar	palatal	velar	glottal
s t o p	VL stop	p b		t d	c Ɉ	k
VL aspirated	P^h		t^h		k^h
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Fricative		f v	s z			h
Trill			r
Semi-vowel		w
Lateral			l

'bor(container)'

'bir(earther jar)'

'song(ginger)'

'sung(uncle)'

'sang(paddy)'

'urik(flea)'

'arik(gem)'

'irik(heavy)'

'inem(more)'

'inom(wet)'

wai->'younger sister\92s husband or younger brother\92s wife'

	Front	Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded	rounded
High	i		u
Mid	e	ei
Mid-low			o
Low		a