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/ʌ/ is debated, as most speakers do not consider it part of their phonemic inventory. Only a few dialects acknowledge its presence (such as Standard East Rikane), and even in those, it is not frequently used in basic vocabulary.
/ʌ/ is debated, as most speakers do not consider it part of their phonemic inventory. Only a few dialects acknowledge its presence (such as Standard East Rikane), and even in those, it is not frequently used in basic vocabulary.
====Nasalisation====
Oftentimes, when a vowel is either preceded or followed by a nasal, this vowel is nasalised but the nasal consonants still coexists with the vowel
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Rikane has a quite simple consonant chart, composed of 13 consonants, with very few allophony rules, listed under the table
Rikane has a quite simple consonant chart, composed of 13 consonants, with very few allophony rules, listed under the table
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