WRITING
Here are some loan-words written with the nasalized vowel c\/ V\ [in].
| Ac\;glip\ | English (Eng) |
| qc\Kja | Maths (Pali) |
| qc\;~kn\ | water festival (Sanskrit) |
| mc\gla | prosperity (Pali) |
| tnc\\;la | Monday (Sanskrit) |
READING
You will read this word Kc\bja; as [khin byà] when you are reading as it is written, but it is read or said [khâ myà]. Notice that the nasalized vowel [in] is weakened and the following consonant [b] changes to the nasalized consonant [m]. Nasalization of the consonant following after nasalized vowel usually occurs when a speaker says a word fast.
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| mc\gla | [min gá la] | [min gâ la] |
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| [min ngâ la] |
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| qc\`PO; | [thin phjù] | [thin bjù] |
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| [thin mjù] |
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| `mc\PU; | [mjin phù] | [mjin bù] |
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| [mjin mù] |
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