Minimal pairs

NORTH EAST INDIA LINGUISTIC DATABASE

minimal pairs & spectrograms

Language: TENYIDIE

phoneme chart

Bilabial Labio
dental Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal
m

n

ŋ

Plosive p
b t
d c

k ɡ

Frica
tive f
v s
z h

Approx
imant j

w

Trill r

Lateral
approx
imant l

Vowel Phonemes

Front Near Front Central Back

CLOSE i

ü

u

CLOSE MID e

OPEN a

'ba(add)'

'ca(to judge)'

'da(cut)'

'dza(to place over fire)'

'ga(stretch)'

'ja(to bless)'

'ka(loss)'

'la(loss)'

'ma(loss)'

'nga(loss)'

'nya(mad)'

'pa(collect)'

'ra(to propose)'

'sa(to add)'

'ta(run)'

'tsa(old)'

'za(to winnow)'

	Bilabial	Labio dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n		ŋ
Plosive	p b		t d	c	k ɡ
Frica tive		f v	s z			h
Approx imant			j	w
Trill			r
Lateral approx imant			l