▁high ▁number ▁of ▁v owel ▁sequences , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁can ▁be ▁anal ys ed ▁as ▁di ph th ongs . ▁▁ ▁Cons on ants ▁S ara iki ▁poss esses ▁a ▁large ▁invent ory ▁of ▁con son ants : ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁stop ▁con son ants , ▁S ara iki ▁has ▁the ▁typical ▁for ▁Ind o - A ry an ▁four - fold ▁contrast ▁between ▁vo iced ▁and ▁vo ic eless , ▁and ▁asp ir ated ▁and ▁un asp ir ated . ▁In ▁parallel ▁to ▁S ind hi ▁it ▁has ▁addition ally ▁developed ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁impl os ives , ▁so ▁that ▁for ▁each ▁place ▁of ▁art ic ulation ▁there ▁are ▁up ▁to ▁five ▁contrast ing ▁stops , ▁for ▁example : ▁ ▁vo ic eless ▁ ▁' custom ' ▁ ∼ ▁asp ir ated ▁ ▁' bl ister ' ▁ ∼ ▁impl os ive ▁ ▁' c ob web ' ▁ ∼ ▁vo iced ▁ ▁' n iche ' ▁ ∼ ▁vo iced ▁asp ir ate ▁ ▁' fo am '. ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁five ▁contrast ing ▁places ▁of ▁art ic ulation ▁for ▁the ▁stops : ▁vel ar , ▁pal atal , ▁retro flex , ▁dent al ▁and ▁bil ab ial . ▁The ▁dent als ▁ ▁are ▁art ic ulated ▁with ▁the ▁bla de ▁of ▁the ▁tongue ▁against ▁the ▁surface ▁behind ▁the ▁teeth . ▁The ▁retro flex ▁stops ▁are ▁post - al ve olar , ▁the ▁art ic ulator ▁being ▁the ▁tip ▁of ▁the ▁tongue ▁or ▁sometimes ▁the ▁unders ide . ▁There ▁is