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(ii) There was increase in the number of sibilants changing into h.
(iii) The gap created by the loss of the intervocalic plain stops (k, g, c, j, t, d, p, v) was generally filled up by placing -y- or -v-; e.g. gatā gaā> gayā, etc.
13. There are 42 sounds in Apabhramsa, 10 vowels and 32 consonants.
(a) The table of sounds is presented below :
Voiceless
AFFINITE
k
t
ट
A Grammar of Apabhramsa
e.g. grāma (village) gama gava गाँव sthāna (place)> thnathava, ja etc.
t
त
P
प
-m
kh
ख
ch
=
th
थ
ph
फ
S
स
Consonants
Vowels short a
2015 to
g
ग
b
ब
y
य
r
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i u ĕ Ŏ अ इ उ ए ओ long ä 1 ū e O आ ई ऊ ए ओ
h
घ
Voiced
भ
dh
ढ
dh
ध
bh
भ
ǹ
ङ
ñ
ञ
n
ण
5 st 8 #
र ल व
n
न
m
म
STOPS
1 V SEMIVOWELS
SPIRANTS
(b) A comparison with the table of Sanskrit sounds may be very interesting.
