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Linguistics 201UCID#: _________________________8. Ganda (5 points)Ganda is a Bantu language which is spoken by about 4 million people in Uganda.Consider the sounds [r] and [l] in the following data from the language Gandaand then answer the questions that follow. (Note that [:] denotes a long vowel.)Ganda English Ganda English[kolɑ] 'do' [wulirɑ] 'hear'[lwɑnɑ] 'fight' [be:rɑ] 'help'[bu:lirɑ] 'tell' [dʒukirɑ] 'remember'[ljɑ] 'eat' [erjɑto] 'canoe'[lu:lɑ] 'sit' [omuliro] 'fire'[omugole] 'bride' [effirimbi] 'whistle'[lumonde] 'sweet potato' [emme:ri] 'ship'[eddwɑliro] 'hospital' [erɑddu] 'lightning'[olugɑndɑ] 'Ganda language' [wɑwɑ:birɑ] 'accuse'[olulimi] 'tongue' [lɑgirɑ] 'command'A. Are [r] and [l] different phonemes or allophones of the same phoneme inGanda? Justify your answer.B. If you maintain that [r] and [l] are allophones of the same phoneme, then writea rule that predicts when one or the other allophone will appear in a word. If youmaintain that they are allophones of different phonemes, then give an example ofa phonetic environment in which they contrast.C. Consider the following loanwords (from English except for the last item). Howmight you account for the apparently aberrant treatment of [r] and [l]?le:rwelu:lasaffa:li'railway''ruler''safari' (from Swahili)