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In
this Programme we are introducing two more sounds of Kashmiri.
Listen to the sounds:
A and
A:
Listen again and repeat
A and
A:
For producing the sound
[A] centre of the tongue is raised up to the middle level in the oral cavity and
air is made to pass smoothly. Lips remain unrounded.
For producing [A:] the
duration of articulation is to be increased.
Now listen to the sound
[A] in initial position of the following words:
Ach
Ami:r Ar
Listen and repeat
Ach
Ami:r Ar
Listen to the same sound
in the medial position of the following words:
gAr dAj
mAch
Listen and repeat
gAr dAj
mAch
Remember the sound does
not occur at word final position.
Listen to the longer
counterpart of sound [A] i.e. [A:] in the initial position.
A:s A: r
A:I repeat
A:s A: r A:I
Listen again to the same
sound in the medial position of the following words:
vA:j
dA :r
mA:j
Listen and repeat
vA:j
dA:r
mA:j
Please remember that
sound [A:] does not occur at word final position.
It is assumed that you
have learnt pronunciation of the sounds [A] and [A:] and are able to speak.
Please listen and repeat the following words:
Ach Ar
Ami:r gAr dAj
mAch
A:s
A:r A:I
vA:j dA:r mA:j
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