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(iv) Affrication
The voiceless unaspirated dental stop त् /t/ changes into its affricate voiceless

or voiced counterpart च् /c/ or ज् /j/ in contact with affricate ones, as shown in (19a-e):

(19) a. बात् /bɑt/ ‘matter’ + िचत /cit/ ‘mind’ = बािeत /bɑccit/ ‘conversation’: त् /t/ +

च् /c/ = fच् /cc/.

b. सात् /sɑt/ ‘seven’ + जन /jʌn/ ‘person’ = साgन /sɑjjʌn/ ‘seven people’: त् /t/

+ ज् /j/ = g् /jj/.
d. पात् /pɑt/ ‘leaf’ + झर /ȷ ̈ ʌr/ ‘fall’ = पhझर /pʌjȷ ̈ ʌr/ ‘autumn/fall’: त् /t/ + झ् /ȷ ̈ / =

hझ /jȷ ̈ /, with vowel raising in the first segment.

e. पात् /pɑt/ ‘leaf’ + चर /cʌr/ ‘graze’ = पeर /pʌccʌr/ ‘leaf-eater’: त् /t/ + च् /c/ =

fच् /cc/, with vowel raising in the first segment.

(v) Deaspiration
The final aspirated or breathy phoneme of the preceding segment is
deaspirated and changed into a unaspirated or a voiced one in regressive assimilation

in Bhojpuri, as shown in (20a-i):

(20) a. माझ् /mɑȷ ̈ / ‘middle’ + घर /ɡ ̈ ʌr/ ‘house’ = माhघर /mɑjɡ ̈ ʌr/ ‘middle room/
passage’: झ् /ȷ ̈ / + घ् /ɡ ̈ / = hघ् /jɡ ̈ /.

b. आध् /ɑd ̤ / ‘half’ + थान /tʰɑn/ ‘whole’ = आUथान /ɑdtʰɑn/ 'a half': ध /d ̤ / + थ /tʰ/

= Uथ् /dtʰ/.

c. घाघ /ɡ ̈ ɑɡ ̈ / ‘cunning’ + दास /dɑs/ ‘slave’ = घाWदास /ɡ ̈ ɑɡdɑs/ ‘a famous agro-

scientist’: घ् /ɡ ̈ / + द् /d/ = Wद /ɡd/.

d. लाभ् /lɑb ̤ / ‘profit’ + दर /dʌr/ ‘rate’ = लाSदर /lɑbdʌr/ ‘rate of profit’: भ् /b ̤ / +
द् /d/ = Sद् /bd/.

e. आठ् / ɑʈʰ/ ‘eight’ + पाकड़ /pɑkʌɽ/ ‘doer’ = अ"पाकड़ /ʌʈpɑkʌɽ/ 'naughty': ठ् /ʈʰ/ +

प् /p/ = "प् /ʈp/.

f. काठ् /k ɑʈʰ/ ‘wood’ + फोरवा /pʰorwɑ/ ‘breaker’ = क"फोवा+ /kʌʈpʰorwɑ/

'woodpecker': ठ् /ʈʰ/ + फ् /pʰ/ = "फ /ʈpʰ/.

g. बाघ् /bɑɡ ̈ / ‘tiger’ + चाल /cɑl/ ‘walk’ = बाWचाल /bɑɡcɑl/ 'tiger-walk': घ् /ɡ ̈ / +
च् /c/ = Wच् /ɡc/.

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