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Oमरण /smʌrʌɳ/ [ʌsmʌrʌn] 'recalling'
Oथायी /sthɑyi/ [ʌsthɑi] 'permanent'

Table 4.14 shows that initial as well as medial insertion of a vowel is Bhojpuri

usage with tatsama words. But such insertion looks either repetition of the first vowel

in the tatsama word as इ /i/ in O \ी /stri/ [istiri] and अ /ʌ/ in Oमरण /smʌrʌɳ/ [ʌsmʌrʌn]
or as the shortened counterpart of of such vowel as अ /ʌ/ in O नान /snɑn/ [ʌsnɑn] and

Oथायी /stʰɑi/ [ʌstʰɑi].

Moreover, such insertion also occurs with loanwords. Table 4.15 presents it.
Table 4.15: Vowel insertion in loanwords in Bhojpuri

Bhojpuri gloss Input form Output form Gloss
Oकूल /skul/ [iskul] 'school'

eॉक /pʰrɔk/ [pʰʌrɑk] 'frock'

gलास /ɡlɑs/ [ɡilɑs] 'glass'

hलेट /pleʈ/ [pʌleʈ] 'plate'

The English borrowings in Bhojpuri show that the insertion occurs as fronting
counterpart of उ /u/ in Oकूल /skul/ [iskul], shortened counterpart of the falling position

of ऑ /ɔ/ into आ /ɑ/ in eॉक /pʰrɔk/, rising-fronting counterpart of आ /a/ in gलास /ɡlɑs/

and falling-back counterpart of ए /e/ in hलेट /pleʈ/.

e) Metathesis
Ordering of some congiguous segments is reversed with semantic retention, as

shown in (19a-d).
(19) a. पjँच /pʌɦũc/ > चjँप /cʌɦũp/ 'reach/access'

b. बतासा /bʌtɑsɑ/ > बसाता /bʌsɑtɑ/ 'a variety of sweets'

c. करोड़ /kʌroɽ/ > कड़ोर /kʌɽor/ 'ten millions'

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d. गँCड़ /ɡʌruɽ/ > गँड़lर /ɡʌɽur/ 'eagle'
4.5.3 Orthographic and phonological levels
Representation of the various aspects of the phonological facts in orthography is
inconsistent with regard to the level of phonology. However, this situation is not peculiar

in Bhojpuri, but can be found to be true for other orthographies, i.e., Hindi, Nepali as well
as in other languages that have early origin and continuity, such as English.

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