IPS Chapter 9


Here are some transcribed words from Sanskrit,  a language of ancient India.

For each of the pairs of sounds below, check those that are in complementary distribution.

What generalisation can be made about sequences of a nasal followed by a plosive?

 

All nasal + plosive sequences are homorganic


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[kəm] love [nədiː] river [deviː] goddess
[kətəmə] how [gəŋgaː] The Ganges [bətu] fellow
[pəcəti] cook [əŋkəh] hook [praːn] breathe
[kʰəlu] indeed [nikʰilə] entire [ətʰə] next
[gaːtʰaː] verse [pəntʰəm] path [pʰələm] fruit
[əŋguli] finger [pəɲcə] five [ɟɲaː] know
[məti] thought [stʰaːne] appropriate [ʃətʰə] cunning
[cətur] four [pəɳɖitə] clever [kəʈəkə] camp
[pəŋkti] line [ətəh] hence [paːni] hand
[əɲɟəli] joined hands [gədu] goitre [kəlikaː] bud

voiceless unaspirated alveolar plosive voiceless aspirated alveolar plosive
voiceless unaspirated alveolar plosive voiced alveolar plosive
voiced bilabial nasal voiced alveolar nasal
voiced velar nasal voiced alveolar nasal
voiced palatal nasal voiced alveolar nasal
voiceless unaspirated velar plosive voiceless unaspirated palatal plosive
voiceless unaspirated alveolar plosive voiceless unaspirated retroflex plosive