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Merged /l/ in some /lj/ combinations (Eg: လျာ) #10

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myanmaropenwordnet commented 6 years ago

In words like လျော့ "to lessen, diminish" and လျာ "to gauge, size up", the /l/ sound is merged or reduced, such that the words are pronounced /jɔ̰/ and /jà/ respectively, instead of /ljɔ̰/ and /ljà/.

Some things to take note of:


It might appear to be that if လျော့ is in the middle or trailing part of a compound, then /l/ is pronounced, but this is not likely not the case, as လျော့ in words like ပေါ့လျော့ "ADJ. lax, slack", လျော့ရိလျော့ရဲ "loosely, slackly" and မေ့လျော့ "to be forgetful" is still pronounced /jɔ̰/

Will investigate more on this particular phonological property.

myanmaropenwordnet commented 6 years ago

Feedback from Burmese speakers most most welcomed! :)