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The vowels '''o oo''' are consistently [o o:], and '''a aa''' are less back [ä ä:].
The vowels '''o oo''' are consistently [o o:], and '''a aa''' are less back [ä ä:].


The liquid '''r''' may be pronounced as a trill, [r] or [ɽr] in addition to retroflex fricative, approximant or lateral approximant realizations.
The liquid '''r''' may be pronounced as a flap or 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.
Conservative Amísreg retains the Classical Sowaár 3-tone system in a simplified form, which moderners perceive as affected.
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*Retro laterals merge with their dental lateral counterparts.
*Retro laterals merge with their dental lateral counterparts.
*There is more syncope.
*There is more syncope.
*Deletion processes give rise to overlong vowels.
*Stress accent rather than pitch accent.
*Stress accent rather than pitch accent (as in Modern Greek).
*'''h ' ''' are dropped intervocalically.
*'''h ' ''' are dropped intervocalically.
**Deletion processes give rise to overlong vowels.


==Camánreh ==
==Camánreh ==
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