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Important notes about consonant phonemes: | Important notes about consonant phonemes: | ||
* /N/, written <ṃ>, is realized as an uvular nasal before laryngeal consonants or as a nasalization of the preceding vowel before other consonants (especially /d dʱ/). Note that <ṃ> may also appear representing a different nasal phoneme (usually /m/) in other morphologically conditioned environments. /n/ is realized [ŋ] before velar consonants and is written <n> except for the root ''cāṃkra''-'' ''(to end, to finish, to border). | * /N/, written <ṃ>, is realized as an uvular nasal before laryngeal consonants or as a nasalization of the preceding vowel before other consonants (especially /d dʱ/). Note that <ṃ> may also appear representing a different nasal phoneme (usually /m/) in other morphologically conditioned environments. /n/ is realized [ŋ] before velar consonants and is written <n> except for the root ''cāṃkra''-'' ''(to end, to finish, to border). | ||
* /θ ð/ only contrast intervocalically, after nasals, and before /ʀ <span>ɴ̆/; otherwise they're in complementary distribution, with /</span>θ/ word-initially and adjacent to voiceless consonants and /ð/ anywhere else. | * /θ ð/ only contrast intervocalically, after nasals, and before /ʀ <span>ɴ̆/; otherwise they're in complementary distribution, with /</span>θ/ word-initially and adjacent to voiceless consonants and /ð/ anywhere else. | ||