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Syllable Structure in Hmar

Elangbam Sharatkumar Singh, Ph.D.

Abstract

This paper highlights the syllable structure in Hmar. Hmar belongs to Tibeto-Burman language family (Grierson, 1904). It is one of the recognized languages among the scheduled tribes of the state of Manipur. This language is spoken by the Hmar people. They are mainly concentrated in Churachandpur district of Manipur. Some small villages are also scattered in Jiribam sub division of Imphal East district. Besides these, other villages outside Manipur are also scattered over a vast area comprising of northern Mizoram, Cachar district of Assam and Chittangong hill tracts of Bangladesh.

A syllable can be analyzed into: segments of syllable (onset, peak, coda). Examples: onset - /khut/ ‘hand’, /kum/ ‘year’, peak - /s?m/ ‘hair’, /mit/ ‘eye’, and coda - /kel/ ‘goat’, /lai/ ‘navel’ etc., structure of syllable (open and close), examples: /lu/ ‘head’, /?a/ ‘fish’, etc., syllabic pattern (V, VC, VCV, CV, CVC, CCV and CCVC), structural restrictions of syllable (both onset and coda restriction, onset restriction and coda restriction) and syllabifications (monosyllabic, disyllabic, trisyllabic, quadrisyllabic and pentasyllabic).

Key words: Syllable, segments, structure, pattern and syllabification.

Syllable

“A syllable is a group of sounds which is made with a single puff of air. According to this approach each syllable is produced by a chest pulse, single puff of air from the lungs through the vocal tract.” (Sloat et al. 1978). In Hmar a syllable can be discussed in five ways:

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Elangbam Sharatkumar Singh, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics
Manipur University
Imphal
Manipur
India
skyelangbam@gmail.com
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