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LADAKHI GRAMMAR. 
(6) tenuis aspirata between two vowels or within a word 
often becomes media . 
Examples : spyinchu = pinzhu t glue (instead of pinju ; 
j often becomes zh in Ladakhi) ; bu-chung = buzhung , 
little boy ; gyuchung = yuzhung , little turquoise ; akhu = 
agu, husband ; = abi, grandmother; ache = aje, 
elder sister, 
(7) the nasals often change . 
Examples: dngul = mwZ, silver; khronpa = klirompa •, 
well; rmilam = nyilam , dream; sngasbol = snyasbol, pil¬ 
low ; mchongba = chomces, to jump. 
Remark: The Rongpa dialect (upper-most Indus 
valley right bank) also has the following interesting law :— 
r or s and p = f. 
Examples : yangspa = fun (final ng is often 
dropped in Hong) ; mgyogspa = gyogfa, quick ; cospayin = 
cofin , made; tangspayin = tafin , gave. 
^ or 5 and & = h. 
Examples: s&acZ — voice ; skomces = homces , be 
thirsty; skampo = hampo, dry ; rkangdung = hang dung, 
trumpet. 
A parallel r or 5 and Z = English th is missing. 
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The Accentuation. 
Principal rule: When a suffix or the article is joined 
to a mono-syllabic word, the stem has the stress. 
Examples: mi la, to the man; las'la, at work; thsang'ma, * 
all; skampo, dry; mig'gi, of the eye. 
