23.Sindhi
The following data are from Sindhi, an Indo-European language of the
Indo-Aryan family, spoken in Pakistan and India. Examine the distribution
of the phones [p], [ph], and [b]. Determine if the three are allophones of
separate phonemes or allophones of the same phoneme. What is your
evidence? Is the relationship among the sounds the same as in English?
Why or why not? [n] and [d] are the voiced retroflex nasal and oral stop.
'leaf'
'grape'
'fear'
'hood of snake'
'ear'
'foot'
a. [pǝnʊ]
b. [dak'a]
c. [dǝpʊ]
d. [phanu]
e. [kano]
f. [pero]
g. [baru]
h. [khiro]
i. [puthi]
j. [band]
k. [pharo]
1. [abo]
'weight'
'milk'
'back'
'forest'
'arrow head'
'water'