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====Dialectal features====
====Dialectal features====
Some dialectal features not present in the standard language:
Some dialectal features not present in the standard language:
*Distinction between /ʒ/ and /d͡ʒ/.
*Merger of /ʒ/ and /d͡ʒ/.
*Distinction between dental and alveolar stops, and between sibilant and non-sibilant alveolar fricatives. The alveolar stops/affricates (/t͇’ ~ t͡ɬ’, t͇ʰ ~ t͡ɬʰ, d͇ ~ d͡ɮ/) and non-sibilant alveolar fricatives (/θ͇ ~ ɬ, ð͇ ~ ɮ/) correspond to Proto-Bantu palatals before non-front vowels, which in the standard language merged with other palatals.
*Distinction between dental and alveolar stops, and between sibilant and non-sibilant alveolar fricatives. The alveolar stops/affricates (/t͇’ ~ t͡ɬ’, t͇ʰ ~ t͡ɬʰ, d͇ ~ d͡ɮ/) and non-sibilant alveolar fricatives (/θ͇ ~ ɬ, ð͇ ~ ɮ/) correspond to Proto-Bantu palatals before non-front vowels, which in the standard language merged with other palatals.
*Labialization of non-velar consonants.
*Labialized/palatalized consonants where the standard has plain consonants.
*Devoicing of fricatives.
*Reduction of guttural consonants in various ways. Some examples:
*Reduction of guttural consonants in various ways. Some examples:
**/ħ/ > /χ/ (actually a merger of earlier /χ/ & /x/)
**/ħ/ > /χ/ (actually a merger of earlier /χ/ & /x/)
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