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Figures 4.1-4.6 provides the findings as follows:
(a) Sonorant counterparts of म /m/, न /n/, ङ /ŋ/, ल /l/, र /r/ and ड़ /ɽ/ in the word-

final position have caused loss in voicing bars in the offset phase in the
respective spectrograms.

(b) Intensity has also been found dropped while articulating aspirate sonorant

counterparts of म /m/, न /n/, ङ /ŋ/, ल /l/, र /r/ and ड़ /ɽ/.
Besides, comparisons of vowel lengths before the regular consonants and their

sonorant counterparts matter to determine whether the sonorants are breathy or
voiceless. Table 4.2 presents vowel lengths before म /m/, न /n/, ङ /ŋ/, ल /l/, र /r/ and ड़

/ɽ/ along with their sonorant counterparts both in intervocalic and word-final
positions. Similarly the lengths of regular consonants and their sonorant counterparts

also matter to determine whether the sonorants are breathy or voiceless. Table 4.3
presents lengths of regular consonants and their sonorant counterparts.

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