Magahī Phonology: A Descriptive Study

allophones Ashtadhyayi aspirated stops bəri Bihar Bihar Sharif blyah chotki clusters consonants Contd contrast Daniel Jones dekh delǝk Descriptive Linguistics Dhirendra Verma diphs Diphthongs earthen ekra əppən frequency frictionless continuants fruit gelǝi ghǝr hǝl həi həl hələi həm Hindi India intonation jǝb juncture Katyayana kǝi kǝre kəhəl kind king language lekin lelǝk lǝi ləgəl long vowels Magadha Magahi maid servant medially and finally Modern Descriptive Linguistics Modern Linguistics Nālandā nasalization nǝi nəi nikal occurs initially okkǝr okkər okra P.Ls Pāli Pāṇini Patna Patna University pǝr pər phonemes Phonology Pratishakhya princess raja rajkumari rani retroflex Sanskrit Saryoo Prasad scholars Segmental Phonemes sequence of vowels sǝb səməjh Shiksha short vowels Shyam sort sound speech spirant strong stress structure syllable T.Cs terminal contours tun tun unaspirated unvoiced usual two allophones velar vibrations voiced voiceless wave-form