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 CONTENTS xix CHAPTER VI. Vowels in contact : Three-fold treatment : Diphthongisation : Contraction : Insertion of euphonic glide : VII. Vowel Mutation or Umlaut: Vowel mutation or umlaut : Mutation caused by following nasals : Harmonic mutation or vowel harmony : Vowel-assimilation : Treatment of O.I.A. -r- in tbh. words : SECTION 231-232 233-236 237-242 243-248 249-257 258 259-273 274-275 276-282 VTII. Intrusive Vowels : Anaptyxis : Prothesis of vowels : Epenthesis : Final anusvara : Nasalisation and reduced nasals : Spontaneous nasalisation : Nasalisation through intervocal 283-284 285-286 287-289 290 291-292 293-294 296-297 IX. Sources of Vowels in Modern Assamese : Sources of -a-, : 298 Sources of -a-, : 299 Sources of -i-, -?■*, : 300 Sources of -u-, -u-, : 301 Sources of -c-, : 302 Sources of -o- : 303 Assamese diphthongs : 304-301 X. Consonants : General history of O.I.A. consonants :. 306-314 General lines of change to Assamese :. 315-355 Phonological changes of a general charac ter : De-aspiration : 356-363