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gemination and vowel insertion are the specific characteristics of Bhojpuri that the
canonical writing system does not exhibit. Similarly, voiceless postalveolar fricative
श [ʃ] and voiceless retroflex fricative ष [ʂ] have now become allophones of the
voiceless alveolar fricative स /s/, syllabic approximant ऋ [ɹ] has been changed into Fर
/ri/, palatal nasals ञ [ɲ] and retroflex nasal ण [ɳ] have become allophones of the
alveolar nasal न /n/ though they still remain in writing, especially for tatsama words.
Metathiesis is also found a specific characteristic of Bhojpuri.
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