Nepali language
Consonants

and are nonsyllabic allophones of and, respectively. Every consonant except,, and /ɦ/ has a geminate counterpart between vowels. /ɳ/ and /ʃ/ also exist in some loanwords such as /baɳ/ बाण "arrow" and /nareʃ/ नरेश "king", but these sounds are sometimes replaced with native Nepali phonemes. The murmured stops may lose their breathy-voice between vowels and word-finally. Non-geminate aspirated and murmured stops may also become fricatives, with /pʰ/ as, /bʱ/ as, /kʰ/ as, and /ɡʱ/ as. Examples of this are /sʌpʰa/ 'clean' becoming and /ʌɡʱaɖi/ 'before' becoming.

Typically, sounds transcribed with the retroflex symbols ⟨ ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʱ, ɽ, ɳ, ɽ̃⟩ are not purely retroflex but apical postalveolar. Some speakers may use purely retroflex sounds after /u/ and /a/, but other speakers use the apical articulation in all positions.

Final schwas may or may not be preserved in speech. The following rules can be followed to figure out whether or not Nepali words retain the final schwa:

Note: Schwas are often retained in music and poetry to add extra syllables when needed.
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