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In
this Programme we are introducing sounds
o o:
and >
Listen to the sounds
carefully
o o:
>
Listen again and repeat
o o:
>
Listen to the sound [o]
in the initial position of the following words:
on or
os
Listen and repeat
on or
os
Listen to the same sound
at the word medial position
son
lot ton
pop
Listen and repeat
son
lot ton
pop
Sound [o] does not occur
at word final position.
Now let us listen to the
long version of sound [o] i.e. [o:] in the initial position of the following
words:
o:I o:T
o:r
Listen and repeat
o:I o:T
o:r
Listen to [o:] at word
medial position
kho:s go:r
po:sh
Listen and repeat
kho:s go:r
po:sh
[o:] has a very
limited use at the word final position. Listen the following words:
hato: valo:
tsalo:
Sound [>] does not
occur at word initial position.
Listen to [>] at word
medial position
d>d m>Th
p>ph
Listen and repeat
d>d m>Th
p>ph
A small number of words
have [>] at word final position for example
h> s>
Listen and repeat the
following words:
on or
os lot
ton pop o:I
o:T o:r
kho:s go:r
po:sh hato: valo:
tsalo: d>d m>Th
p>ph h> s>
Listen and repeat the
following pairs of words:
por
po:r
bor
bo:r
kol
ko:l
bod
bo:d
khol
kh:ol
s>d
s>:d
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