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has an almost complete set of emphatic-nonemphatic pairs: | has an almost complete set of emphatic-nonemphatic pairs: | ||
B '''b''' '''G''' '''g''' '''D''' '''d''' '''h''' W '''w''' '''Z''' '''z''' '''T''' '''t''' '''GH''' '''y''' K '''k''' '''X''' x L '''l''' M '''m''' N '''n''' '''S''' '''s''' F '''f''' P p '''R''' '''š''' ( | B '''b''' '''G''' '''g''' '''D''' '''d''' '''h''' W '''w''' '''Z''' '''z''' '''T''' '''t''' '''GH''' '''y''' K '''k''' '''X''' x L '''l''' M '''m''' N '''n''' '''S''' '''s''' F '''f''' P p '''R''' '''š''' (bold = inherited) | ||
Clusters may not follow bwb sws in native words. Irish broad and slender consonants are borrowed as emphatic and nonemphatic consonants, respectively | Clusters may not follow bwb sws in native words. Irish broad and slender consonants are borrowed as emphatic and nonemphatic consonants, respectively. | ||
has a similar vowel inventory to Irish, with short /u/ (retained from Classical Arabic) realized as [y] after nonemphatic consonants and with more vowels from lost ayin | has a similar vowel inventory to Irish, with short /u/ (retained from Classical Arabic) realized as [y] after nonemphatic consonants and with more vowels from lost ayin |
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