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== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
Modern Nurian has a typologically unusual distinction: | Modern Nurian has a typologically unusual distinction between dental and alveolar stops and between many types of fricatives: | ||
*t d = alveolar stops | *t d = alveolar stops | ||
*th dh = slit fricatives | *th dh = alveolar spirants (slit fricatives) | ||
*þ đ = (unaspirated) dental stops | *þ đ = (unaspirated) dental stops | ||
*þh đh = dental spirants | *þh đh = dental spirants | ||
*s z = dental/alveolar sibilants | |||
*ṡ ż = postalvelar sibilants | |||
Initial td- for the name Tdap | Initial td- for the name Tdap |
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