Phonological Processes in Barak Valley Meitei.

The paper presents select phonological processes found to occur in Barak Valley Meitei (hence forth BVM) using a descriptive framework. The idiosyncratic phonological feature of BVM is the substitution of /ɟ/ in the place of /j/ in word initial position. This is not found to occur in other positions except as allophones after /ə/ prefixation. Phonological processes occurring in the language such as Lenition, Apocope, Elision, and Vowel harmony lend the language a more distinct quality and the paper attempts to account for these phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]