4. Burmese voiced vs. voiceless nasals (Textbook, Exercise 19) Consider these data from Burmese, spoken in Myanmar. The small ring under the nasal consonants (right side) indicates a voiceless nasal. Tones have been omitted, as they play no role in this problem. Inba mji? "health" DC1 "unburied" "pain" mi "flame" "river" mon "flour" awe "to flex" "cow" "flame" nwer nwa mi a. Are [m] and [m], and [n] and [n], allophones or phonemic? Present evidence to support your conclusions. "order" "heat" (verb) "nostril" b. What do the words mi and mi, both meaning "flame" show? Your answer: Page 3 of 5 LING 301 c. Do they contradict your conclusion from your answer above? (Hint: Think of the two American English pronunciations of "economics," namely [ekanamiks] and [ikanamiks]. which are the same word although [E] and [i] are different phonemes. This phenomenon is sometimes called free variation.) Your answer: