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broad/slender is realized as Arabic emphatic/nonemphatic in broad speech (pun intended); no distinction between fortis and lenis resonants (literally called "broad speech" in Irish) | broad/slender is realized as Arabic emphatic/nonemphatic in broad speech (pun intended); no distinction between fortis and lenis resonants (literally called "broad speech" in Irish) | ||
Schwa is lower than in native Irish accents, often ʌ, ɑ, but word-finally after slender consonants, ɛ | Schwa is lower than in native Irish accents, often ʌ, ɑ, but word-finally after slender consonants, ɛ (final slender schwa = æ is just a very thick Arabic accent) | ||
broad dh = Arabic Zā' != broad gh = Arabic ghayn in very broad Majorcan Irish | broad dh = Arabic Zā' != broad gh = Arabic ghayn in very broad Majorcan Irish |
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