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all tbe ' •• 1dl &Dd tkcnry cm.pvt rrom me ~ l1quiJtic drams to • ooauooa bead and narrowina tH pp between bale ram::cb ud de'felns•Mntal ~ iJs l.be Wdl of !ancu~P& ud Uq:uirtia ia ladia.
Tbc Imtintte and Ia four repoaal ccnua ate ·tit• cq~tpd ill reiCil[ch ud taK1hiD:& whida lca4 to die pob&.atio:n of a ~ Vlldcrty ol matcrielt Prtpata1Jou of mawiet• dtsiped for tacbina leanl.b:lJ at cWrcn:Dt s.ms aad suited to •pedlc MOdi b ooe of dMI major &I1IU t4 ittterar of ttY lnathuta. Baaic reaurc.b reladf11 to the aequiljtl:em oflaqaap ud &tudy ol laquqe In h:s manifold ~ctal rlllatiom oobltitut• aaotber broad ru,o or tu latcr'CIIt. ~ pctbticadoa wtu blctado 1lllfcrAlt prOOur«f by tho mcmbeo of tlae ltd' ct the Ceatnl lnsttbam of Jcdian ~ ud i1l RcPoaa& r • • r C.u. aDd UIOCflied a:holarJ, from tJoimtitJct I..S lU:iludoDt. boO fDdJao and PorwiJQ.
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tho Ca:ttral l:.astit1no o! ladiu ,_..,..... bu tnlti•tad the Phoa~ Reader Slriet in ladian witb a 'fiew to pra• n ljaa the rup of pbotllllllic= vaddoa obea.taa lA an. •a~DeJll and 4eaKmtratilll dtc de Mill of aa....- 011 tbe buia of pbooetic s-tteroiftl. 1'htu Readen an b.iued towudl bmiq tho eound ot ....,.... """" It .. bdped that thla ICI"'ia will bt or intc:rcd to botb ldtolan who art int4ltestod ln Phoactio ltadia and practiallctfOCtl or b!tCD~e- wbo ...... to man a 1:n mea lanpap ltlldy.
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l.a tcdloieal termilaoloJy th 1011od may be c:ribecl u an wuvu.aded b•J' rront vowel. Tbll lOUd clcnoty racmb1n cbt Hlad.i -.ad rep~ ha DcvuaJarf ~aipc by the kcw t
Howewr 1IO(IJ that UUa "nludou 1011od rcquira n« 4atatioa fOr iu production tbu that Rqulmi I'm Ike produ It of tJw IO'md teprdarted lft DeYaaapri ltrip1 by C. Put1bcnDorc IOund is Q btl taa.llml the bart c of Hindi. li] ocam In aJI tJte podtioo:t i1l Tbudov.. M~lll
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• niJ Tbaadou tond m.l}' be duedbed u a ~n.d!'d hiJb bad: vowel ill tcd!lok4lterms. Thb JeMmbtea tho loOund tn Riodl Rpreeentcd Ia Dc\'aaaaari tai:PI by tl}(l lc.fttt Ji. Ho~r. nou as a paual rutt tbat tl1 vowel sou:rub ia 1'11aadou an: not d tridcd
11 i..ato 5borC and &noa10tmda u the voW!II M'JOI!Cf11 •CSW•nt~ by 1Q1 Sout.b lralia11 or ~ cript are clifkt 'tbo dlllaCi.on tor tbe pmdttclioD of ~ tollldJ of . 0 ata&tl-f ~ Ltau tbc .tJon oro_. tbaa tb1l Jona ..,.. repttll'nwi by ~ Jetan ot ln)' ~ l.odJn or Dfi•~l tpt.
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u ao unu~ •oicod -.llabial Jtop. U 1J pfOnoutlc6d lilt -tbe ialliaJ IOliDd 1:1 M>1dl .... .. ~ .... . . . ad dd ts &fmitat. to tbc IOUftd 111 Hloilb i'4'1 I . . . . In 0......-d k:Sipl by tiM Infer. [b I occun 111 r.he word b2irial uCI awflel poe.tdop.. ·~·
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todo-Aiyan ~anpap speak~. n. pudllcdon r1 OlrJ dtm•ruJ. eome apedal ..rort& ftoal tile spelken ol laquaaa bdoa&inl wo JMMI.anpap families,
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1'tle ..,akrn of J>tafldiaD ud ~ ...., t• 'Ifill DOt ba• any d lo pr•thta tltta ~and. So uy to produce ft • hdurafJy u k.
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bfocted tit raWaa tile aoft w d p ot to:QJDe Is f'Jtld to to-" tbe teltb ricfJt,. ne u, ot m. IDilJDC ir nisod ud ...... to tooch the teeth ridp h• tuch a uy tbal dim it eoqll eloUIR fn the middk1lfibt to . n .u- fro.ib Ch• luqt oot lbtoccb tt. narrow made bettJcr:ll tilt Iippa' tnth and. tbe aJd ot the toa.pc and m doiq 10 fa Q1 ftiatioD 6etiriea theJD hd p~ 'thfJ f01IDil. This 10und lll1
a. d•cribld iJl t«ds.,...l taat It alvcobu t.tcral Cr th Neitt. · 1ich aor aay najo.r tanauare ot tba DoMdi&e or IAdo-Aryu t'oJQy lw tim toUDd. Bence, tf you arc a ~vidlaa oc aa ~ spetkcr you wiU han ar-c diftkuJt)' mprooouodq lbil IOUad t.. U aca::p&abN OlUlDCf, 1bo CDJ ny B to potltlon tlte tip ibf tlla tonpa lbe teetb rid&t aad tTJ lO 1Mb 6e air pus oa:t tbrogp Ulc li4el of tbo tollJH ~Jlbcratdy. Tbte ,.,.. lbcnatcl ma.nip1ltm the J1Wbtl out of tba aft th_roup tht li4a ol tbt toQPC In nac:h a way that tbcra will be a Crlctio• mAde ia da proeaa.
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3· Phonetic Exercises The Pballlrtic E.Uft: litl tt..m bdow &R dlwi(Sed iato two st«i Ia ICtioJ1 l.l. ' " ~~~· (ij the ~ paJn of .owef 1011111k (11) tJte c:on tt~Jtl.at ,.In ol toaca and (iiiJ W.!!laate tbe UMS of these b) li~DI ~ from lh• tanpap.
lmJiHtdlal• 'I foJ~ dus co.atraJt1DI pl.in, I .few WOldt t'o:r cad1 khUid are Jivaa for pnm.uadatloa prutb. Sectia1 3.2. pYa the c b'Utlq ..... f1l oo••••u ~n;Ddl fn 1b77Mt A few wotdl for CICh c:nnl!()unt are also - Co.r prommdadoD pn Yoo **ld cmrun, . - tt. detotipbOA of tbD rouadl pm m cNpw 2 and PfOIOU c:.b iUldtr&U~ word. aa:otdiDI to the cr.criptfoa• iD lbat dui,W.
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Con.sidcr r»W LM Tbaado u I OUncb 1..-) and (:;el. 1'bctc tYO 10unds OC!Q:Ur to COilUIISUOJ pos:jbom i:n l'twtdou u die c:umpks Jh'at 1:0 ICCUOII ) . 2 tdtcJw. Tbt iJ, rbc ~ of lbele ..-.uAdl in the nmc poeltio11 in worth lbl are ~ ieleorb:J will cbnp tho ma urinp of won.b i:a~cd. Beocc. boolv"'C' ncc>'•lf'Y that thc::le two tOU1Idt be pro...wed wi:.dt ltlaet 1 i:o the lbd:otl KriJI( J}'lite:UI.
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12 a:ootbct pall or eouadl (k] and ('I] mTbll'bUJ. to ua. lQd. U .l wo tatted tba& tbo sound [k) omu1 only bl the word inilial and medlal positJom alld tbal tlae ~ (l] ocamn o111J iD tb11 wonlfqllable And pocitioo. '1'1-.t il, 1dodr: ant-OOCDI •u palitio.. Wbere [t) ooeura. T1riJ CIQI!Il'~ ~nat plttlnt of dMio two 1011Ddt lh.ow « .Uc1pliooea ot a dnpl p:~ no denlaacb Qlat • _k ~ tb a It letter Ia the IICI'Ipt tor ,.... c tdlllll . J ~ \hem. lloWrcr. l'or ratODa llyq lD Tb.irmDalai (fortbcominl). lbc&e are provided with aepante qmbola fn the 1b.udou. writina •fstmL
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pubh5bed m:uerials including the manthly ne"-'S maga'Zio ~: Zougam Lhangsnm ed!ted by ThangUochon Thomsong bav.: :started the U!\e (If the diagrnph aw to represent the ph()oemc f:>/. Since rhue l$ no corrc'S poodlog JOWld a\'ailable fN t.be leuet w '" Thaad4u an.d since tbcre IS a cleftnlte nece5sity 10 d:istmauish the !'lhonemes /o} a nd h.' in tbe wrlli"ng sy~em , we shall continue to employ the dia&raph ow to rr.~ot !M pbonei'W: 'J/ &nd retilin tbe •ent lbo phoMme /e/ with rue leller e, we deoided in ravour of the cliagrapb ew m o rde,r LO maintatn some sort of 11nifol'1llity. TbJ.s dec-isiun Wa5 pron11Hed nho by the fact that more o ft en thao not l'hc pronunciation of the leuer e clos6ly resembles tbc T'haadou pronu(le.atioo of the phoneme jef. Hence we will rttajo the leller e to represent the phoneme ~~ and rcprescot tho phoneme lef with the dio.8rapb '"' in the ThMdo\t ~ri l ing sys1ean. As noted earlier 1he phonemes ,'A/ :.od fa/ are rcpruenled tty the same: letter 'a' in tbe pres-ent day V.'Tlting system. for 1hc sake of proper JdeotiO.cation and pronunciation it is Ut!Crcting corrc-etly t ~ repre5eoru ~ion ';1' as /A: or Jaf in wortcr in T baa.dou phC)oernic system cmablc us to retain and not to s ub~li tute 'x' for •kJ,' in the prC$eBI ortbc>graph)'.
Tn the voiceless stop sori.e s we find t hor ' tJJ' is med for the pho neme /c/. This arrangement can be re tai ned 51nce there is n o -consonant cluster of c and II found in Thudou .
In tbe a.spirated stop 5e.ies , l b..:
pr~nt ll lTilOJ• tbat ll few cbnnjes m the prC$cnt orthogrnpny uud i 11 Th u d ou are t o bo carried out to rc£ce~ fuithfuJJy the souods empi.Qyoo in tbis l&nguiJgc n11d abo 10 terms of c:e