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*[ɨ] may be inserted after coda consonants in formal and poetic registers.
*/m/ may occur in loanwords.
*/m/ may occur in loanwords.
*[n] and [ɾ̃] occur in free-variation, with [ɾ̃] ocurring most often between vowels. It is realised as [ŋ] in coda, except before alveolars (besides itself) and /j/.
*[n] and [ɾ̃] occur in free-variation, with [ɾ̃] ocurring most often between vowels. It is realised as [ŋ] in coda, except before alveolars (besides itself) and /j/.
*/k/ and /ɡ/ are palatalised to [c] and [ɟ] respectively before /i/ and /i̯o/.
*/k/ and /ɡ/ are palatalised to [c] and [ɟ] respectively before /i/ and /i̯o/.
*Voiceless stops are generally unreleased as codas.
*Voiceless stops are generally unreleased as codas.
*Glottal stop is initial only and may be analysed as the lack of a consonant.
*Glottal stop is initial only and may be analysed as the lack of a consonant. It may be unpronounced, leading to surface polyphthongs and long vowels.
*/b/ is realised as [m] in codas, and sometimes initially in women's speech.
*/b/ is realised as [m] in codas, and sometimes initially in women's speech.
*/d/ may be realised as [ɾ], occurring most often between vowels. It is sometimes pronounced [r] as a coda.
*/d/ may be realised as [ɾ], occurring most often between vowels. It is sometimes pronounced [r] as a coda.