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Table F.1, continued.<br />

f. Velar/glottal consonants before K:<br />

K K K K ‘caress’<br />

K K K K ‘press’<br />

C CK CK ‘return’<br />

C CKK CKK CKK CKK ‘pregnancy’<br />

D <br />

g. Velar/glottal consonants before :<br />

H H H H ‘split’<br />

‘put’<br />

C C C C C ‘sprinkle’<br />

C C(= C(= C(= C(= ‘tears’<br />

D D(=( D(=( D(=( D(=( ‘whisper’<br />

h. Velar/glottal consonants before :<br />

‘climb’<br />

‘harvest’<br />

C C C C C ‘bend down’<br />

C CK CK CK CK ‘jigger’<br />

D DHC DHC DHC DHC ‘hidden’<br />

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(8) Contrasts between velar <strong>and</strong> glottal consonants in word-medial position<br />

a. Velar/glottal consonants before E:<br />

M M ‘throw out’<br />

= = = = @ @ @ @ ‘bead’<br />

C @ @ @ @ C CC C ‘whole’<br />

C > > C C C C ‘bracelet, ring’<br />

D <br />

b. Velar/glottal consonants before A:<br />

L=A L=A L=A L=A ‘throw out (plural)’<br />

LAA LAA LAA LAA ‘okra’<br />

C A(CA(H( A(CA(H( A(CA(H( A(CA(H( ‘big’<br />

C =CA( =CA( =CA( =CA( ‘corn, maize’<br />

D A(DA(H( A(DA(H( A(DA(H( A(DA(H( ‘wax’<br />

c. Velar/glottal consonants before :<br />

H H H H ‘name’<br />

= = = = ‘razor’<br />

C =CC =CC =CC =CC ‘abcess’<br />

C >C >C >C >C ‘compound, home’<br />

D <br />

d. Velar/glottal consonants before :<br />

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C <br />

C <br />

D <br />

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