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COKSONANTS. 



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In zik and z^.vigh z corresponds with the j of Sindhi jik and jaru, 

 but these words may have been^borrowed by Sindhi. Cf . Pashto zik. 

 J zh corresponds with Persian sh, z and j ; e. g., 



B. duzhman P. dushman 



B. azhman P. asman 



B. drazh P- daraz 



B. wazha P. ^/iwaja 



iS J, 3 J") and J 1 correspond with the same letters in Persian. 



JS h generally represents an old Persian h, modern Persian h ov Jch ; e.g., 



B. hushk P. Hushk 



B. hon P. Hun 



B. hi^^ P. Mmk 



B. phrah P. faraM 



Borrowed Arabic words beginning \vith ^ undergo a similar change, as : — = 



B. hair A. Hair 



B. liatar A. /c/iatar 



The above noted correspondences may be tabulated as follows : 



Persian, 

 k 



Jch 



ch 



t 



d 



P 

 f 

 b 



sh 

 s 



as an initial 

 medial ) 



final ) 

 initial 

 medial 



final 

 initial 

 medial 



final 

 initial 

 initial 

 medial ") 



final 3 

 initial 

 initial 

 medial ) 



final ) 

 medial 

 initial ") 

 medial ) 

 initial 



Balochi. 

 kh 



Jch 



h, kh 



Jch 



h, JcJt 



g 

 ffh 



gJi, Jch 



chh 



th 



til, dli, th 



ph 

 ph 



f, V, w 



zh (occasionally) 

 z, zh (occasionally) 



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