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That feature is shared with Belarusian and Ukrainian, two closely related languages with many cognates. | That feature is shared with Belarusian and Ukrainian, two closely related languages with many cognates. | ||
Unlike Ukrainian, in Ruthenian final devoicing can occure for stops, for example, in ''ďid'' "grandfather", which can be pronounced either [ˈɟiːd] or [ˈɟiːt]. Word-medially this fenomenon occures very often: ''bereza'' "birch" [bɛ.ˈrɛ.z̪ɑ] - ''berezka'' "small birch" [bɛ̝.ˈrɛ̝ːs̪.kɑ]. | Unlike Ukrainian, in Ruthenian final devoicing can occure for stops, for example, in ''ďid'' "grandfather", which can be pronounced either [ˈɟiːd] or [ˈɟiːt]. Word-medially this fenomenon occures very often: ''bereza'' "birch" [bɛ.ˈrɛ.z̪ɑ] - ''berezka'' "small birch" [bɛ̝.ˈrɛ̝ːs̪.kɑ]. Voiceless obstruents are voiced when preceding voiced ones: | ||
choc [xɔt͡s] ("though") | |||
choc by [ˈxɔd͡z bɪ] ("at least") | |||
When two or more consonants occur word-finally, a vowel is epenthesized under the following conditions: Given a consonantal grouping C1(V)C2, C being any consonant. The vowel is inserted between the two consonants. A vowel is not inserted unless C2 is either /k/, /w/, or /ts/. Then: | |||
*If C1 is /w/, /ɦ/, /k/, or /x/, the epenthisized vowel is always /ɔ/ | |||
*No vowel is epenthesized if the /w/ is derived from a Common Slavic vocalic *l, for example, /wɔwk/ (see below) | |||
*If C2 is /l/, /m/, /r/, or /ts/, then the vowel is /ɛ/. | |||
*The combination /-stw/ is not broken up. Instead the final /w/ is devoiced to /ʍ/ or a schwa is inserted between /t/ and /w/ - [stəʊ̯]. | |||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||
[[Category:Slavic languages]] | [[Category:Slavic languages]] | ||