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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
*L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise. | *L is light [l] before vowels and dark [ɫ] otherwise, as in RP. | ||
**wholly-holy split. | |||
*No glottal reinforcement before stops. | *No glottal reinforcement before stops. | ||
*/d | */p t k/ are unaspirated after stressed syllables as in AmE. | ||
*/d t/ has a tapped [ɾ] allophone in similar environments as in American English. | |||
*wine-whine merger optional. | *wine-whine merger optional. | ||