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*All sonorants can be syllabic. | |||
*Alveolar consonants become bilabial adjacent to /m/, /ʊ/, and labialized consonants. | *Alveolar consonants become bilabial adjacent to /m/, /ʊ/, and labialized consonants. | ||
**/n/ becomes what is notated here as [mʷ], but is merged into [m] in most regions and in standard Knrawi. | **/n/ becomes what is notated here as [mʷ], but is merged into [m] in most regions and in standard Knrawi. | ||
*/ŋ/ assimilates to following velar consonants, and /n/ assimilates to following dental and postalveolar consonants. | */ŋ/ assimilates to following velar consonants, and /n/ assimilates to following dental and postalveolar consonants. | ||
*/ɪ/, /ʊ/, and /a/ are realized as [j], [w], and [ʔ̞] postvocalically. | */ɪ/, /ʊ/, and /a/ are realized as [j], [w], and [ʔ̞] postvocalically. | ||
**In some regions this also applies across word boundaries. | |||
*The conditions for approximants being realized as fricatives varies by region. | *The conditions for approximants being realized as fricatives varies by region. | ||
**In standard Knrawi they are realized as fricatives on word boundaries and after non-syllabic vowels. | **In standard Knrawi they are realized as fricatives on word boundaries and after non-syllabic vowels. |
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