Nepali
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4-way contrasts of voicing
Many Indo-Aryan languages such as Nepali and
Hindi
have 4-way contrasts of voicing.
Voiceless unaspirated
Voiceless aspirated
Voiced
Voiced aspirated (murmured/breathy)
pal
("rear")
pʰal
("throw away")
bal
("burn")
bʰal
("forehead")
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