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* Postalveolars /tʃ⁼ tʃʰ ʃ ʒ/ are usually alveolopalatals [tɕ⁼ tɕʰ ɕ ʑ]. | * Postalveolars /tʃ⁼ tʃʰ ʃ ʒ/ are usually alveolopalatals [tɕ⁼ tɕʰ ɕ ʑ]. | ||
* /y/ is fully front [y̟], and stressed /i u/ are consistently tense [i u]. Stressed /ə/ is [ɤ]. | * /y/ is fully front [y̟], and stressed /i u/ are consistently tense [i u]. Stressed /ə/ is [ɤ]. | ||
* /χ ʁ/ are velar [x ɣ]. | |||
Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə yə/, every stressed vowel is allophonically long when: | Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə yə/, every stressed vowel is allophonically long when: | ||
* Before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ, ʁ/, and also before /r/. | * Before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ, ʁ/, and also before /r/. | ||
* Before another vowel: פיאך ''fiăch'' 'raven' [fi: | * Before another vowel: פיאך ''fiăch'' 'raven' [fi:əx] vs. פיעך ''fiech'' 'debt; worthy' [fiəx] (homophonous in Irtan Ăn Cayzăn and Irish, and both written פיעך in Irta). | ||
* Before a morpheme boundary, so מחיצה ''măchiță'' 'mechitza' is [ | * Before a morpheme boundary, so מחיצה ''măchiță'' 'mechitza' is [məxitsʰə] while איצא ''iță'' 'eaten' is [i:tsʰə]. | ||
Unstressed vowels are pronounced more like they are in Scottish Gaelic: זעראק 'red' is [ts=erag] | Unstressed vowels are pronounced more like they are in Scottish Gaelic: זעראק 'red' is [ts=erag] | ||