An Introduction to Spoken Kashmiri

 The Sounds of Kashmiri
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Consonants

Affricates
Affricates, as well as stops, are producedby a complete closure of the vocal tract at some point. However, the release of the closure of an affricate is slow compared with that of a stop. There are three types of affricates:
  • the voiceless unaspirated  and ,
  • voiceless aspirated  and , and
  • voiced unaspirated 
These are further divided into the following groups, on the basis of the place of articulation.
 

Alveolar

The tip of the tongue touches the upper teeth. The  and  are alveolar affricates.


Palato-alveolar

These are produced by touching the blade of the tongue to the front part of the hard palate. The release is very gradual. These sounds are similar to the initial sounds in the Hindi-Urdu  'gait',   'skin', and  'net'.


 

Contrast between palatal and non-palatal consonant sounds






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