Suwáá/Accents

Amísreg

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Conservative Amísreg

In Conservative Amísreg, the vowels o oo are consistently [o o:], and a aa are less back [ä ä:].

r may be pronounced as a trill, [r] or [ɽr] in addition to retroflex fricative, approximant or lateral approximant realizations.

Conservative Amísreg retains the Classical Sowaár 3-tone system in a simplified form, which moderners perceive as affected.

   Classical Sowaár: á, a, à, áa, aà, aá, aa
   Conservative Amísreg: á, a, à, áa, aá, aa
   Modern Amísreg: á, a, áa, aá, aa

New Urban

The phonology is based on High Sowaár, with a few differences.

• Plain unaspirated consonants become fully voiced.
• dr tr tr' are affricate [d͡ʐ t͡ʂ t͡ʂ'].
• dlr tlr tlr' łr become velar laterals gl kl kl' khl.
• nr r are much less retroflex than in High Sowaár.
• p may be pronounced [f].
• w may be pronounced [v] or [ʋ].
• Stress accent rather than pitch accent (as in Modern Greek).