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b) Syllabic approximant ऋ [ɹ]

The segment represented as a full akshara in Devanagari is ऋ [ɹ], and a

diacritic subscript (◌ृ), when it occurs as the second member of a conjunct akshara as
shown in Table 4.12.

Table 4.12: Nonsyllabic %र /ri/ in Bhojpuri from syllabic ऋ [ɹ] in Sanskrit

Bhojpuri gloss Input form Output form Gloss
ऋिष [ɹʂi] /risi/ 'sage'

पृ_ [pɹʂʈʰ] /prisʈʰ/ 'page'

The table exhibits that ऋ [ɹ] is the allophone of Fर or री /ri/ in Bhojpuri.

c) Palatal and retroflex nasals ञ [ɲ] and ण [ɳ]
The segment represented as full aksharas in Devanagari is ञ [ɲ] and ण [ɳ],

and a diacritic subscript (◌ं), when either of them occurs as the second member of a
conjunct akshara as shown in Table 4.13.

Table 4.13: Palatal and retroflex nasals in Bhojpuri orthography
Bhojpuri gloss Input form Output form Gloss

कंचन [क`न] [kʌɲcʌn] /kʌncʌn/ 'gold'

पंजा [पaा] [pʌɲjɑ] /pʌnjɑ/ 'palm'
गणेश [ɡʌɳeʃ] /ɡʌnes/ 'Lord Ganesh'

कृbण [kɹʂɳ] /krisnʌ/ 'Lord Krishna'

The table exhibits that ञ [ɲ] and ण [ɳ] are the allophones of alveolar न /n/, i.e.,

ञ [ɲ]
न /n/
ण [ɳ].

d) Insertion
Bhojpuri inserts a vowel initially before some of the tatsama words starting
from a consonant clustering with the other one, but the orthographic presentation

remains the same. Table 4.14 presents exemplifications.
Table 4.14: Insertion in tatsama in Bhojpuri

Bhojpuri gloss Input form Output form Gloss
O \ी /stri/ [istiri] 'woman/wife'

O नान /snɑn/ [ʌsnɑn] 'bath'

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