S S h S S s' h 111 HT Ν Ι ή ] ή ITT n N [ ] r; I [ 1 L ] 1 [ | r r r ph/ [ R ] [ ] 3.1. The presence of the voiced palatal nasal / si / in ST focusses a distributional problem. Though it is so familiar to Hindi speakers the usage is extended different environments in ST. It is always pronounced in SH with its homorganic stop | c / in the medial position, - 3.2. In ST the voiced palatal nasal | n " can have the occurence initially in a word and medially in the form of C,C, or C.C. C., is always / c /. In SH also it occurs in the medial position of a word with / c |. Շg. SH canfical “restlessness’ райcaа пg “an almanac' panicaayat ‘Panchayat’ 3.3. So the phonetic problem for Hindi speakers arises when / si / occurs initially and medially as C, C, between vowels in ST. 3.4. ST / / / and / L / have no counterparts in SH. The voiced retroflex lateral / 1 / is always mispronounced as / 1 / the voiced alveolar lateral. Cg. ST SH val E vale’ “bend’ vaaļU vaalu “sword” taal U taalu ‘paper” 288
