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Municipality and Bhagawanpur of the Rajpur Municipality in Rautahat in State No. 2
and Dhakdhai in Rohini Rural Municipality in Rupandehi in State No. 5.

Likewise, at each survey point, the informants were selected from different
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categories of sex, age and educational background as presented in the figure below:
Figure : Sampling model in the survey

Sampling model of informants in survey

Male Female

A1 A2 A3 A1 A2 A3

L IL L IL L IL L IL L IL L IL

A1= 15-29, A2= 30-59, A3= 60 and above, L= Literate, IL= Illiterate
Source: Sociolinguistic Survey of Nepal (LinSuN)
2. Informants for acoustic analysis of aspirate sonorant consonants
1. Mr. Chhote Lal Yadav, 43, Bindbasini Rural Municipality Ward No. 5,

Hansawa, Parsa District.
2. Mrs. Sabita Yadav, 33, Bindbasini Rural Municipality Ward No. 5, Hansawa,

Parsa Parsa District.
3. Mr. Noor Alam, 40, Adarsh Kotwal Rural Municipality Ward No. 8,

Jamuniya, Bara District.
4. Mrs. Pinky Khatun, 37, Adarsh Kotwal Rural Municipality Ward No. 8,

Jamuniya, Bara District.
5. Mr. Afimi Lal Thakur, 83, Simraun Gadh Municipality Ward No. 8,
Kachorwa, Bara District.

6. Mrs. Parameshwari Devi, 80, Dewahi Gonahi Municipality Ward No. 3, Tharu
Tole Dewahi, Rautahat District.

7. Mrs. Gajamotiya Devi, 54, Gadhimai Municipality Ward No. 3, Gamhariya,
Rautahat District.

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. For the purpose of the survey, the age range of the informants has been categorized into three sets:
15-29 (A1), 30-59 (A2) and 60 and above (A3).
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