Consonant Alternations

• change of the sound /k/ :

/k/~/y/

/k/~/h/

/k/~/v/

• change of the sound /b/:

This always occurs at the end of a word.

/b/~/p/

This feature remains unchanged even when a suffix beginning with a consonant is added.

/b/~/m/

/b/~/v/

It occurs in the following positions:

• If the first word ends in a vowel and the following word begins with b :

• Also, this occurs when the helping verb yubor- is added to verbs ending in –ib:

• In the middle and at the end of words:

• change of the sound /d/:

/d/~/t/

• change of the sound /l/:

/l/~/n/

• change of the sound /r/:

/r/~/l/

• change of the sound /y/:

/y/~/g/

• change of the sound /ng/:

/ng/~/y/

• change of the sound /g/:

/g/~/k/

/g/~/y/

• change of the sound /t/:

/t/~/d/

/t/~/ch/

• change of the sound /h/:

/h/~/y/

• change of the sound /s/:

/s/~/ch/

• change of the sound /q/

/q/~/x/

• change of the sound /g’/:

/g`/~/x/

/g`/~/y/

• change of the sound /f/:

/f/~/p/