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=== Allophonic Variation ===
=== Allophonic Variation ===
==== Plosives ====
==== Plosives ====
Comprising 12 different allophonic variations, Pangali's plain stops are the most unstable aspect of the language's phonoligical inventory.
Comprising 12 different allophonic variations, Pangali's plosives are the most unstable aspect of the language's phonological inventory.
===== <small>Sonorization</small> =====
===== <small>Sonorization</small> =====
Standard Pangali: Plain voiceless plosives become voiced in intervocalic positions.
Standard Pangali: Plain voiceless plosives become voiced in intervocalic positions.
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!t → d / V_V
!t → d / V_V
|/huwu'''t'''uwi/ → [hu.wu.'''d'''uˈvi]<sup>1</sup>
|/huwu'''t'''uwi/ → [hu.wu.'''d'''uˈɣʷi]<sup>1</sup>
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|-
!k → g / V_V
!k → g / V_V
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|/'''t'''utiɹa/ → ['''s'''u.diˈɹa]
|/'''t'''utiɹa/ → ['''s'''u.diˈɹa]
!t → t͡s  / V_Vt
!t → t͡s  / V_Vt
|/ᵐpi'''t'''utiɹa/ → [ᵐpi.'''t͡s'''u.diˈɹa]
|/ᵐpi'''t'''utiɹa/ → [ᵐpi.'''t͡s'''u.diˈða]
|-
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! k → x / _Vk
! k → x / _Vk
|/'''k'''uka/ → ['''x'''uˈga]
|/'''k'''uka/ → ['''x'''uˈga]
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It is theorized that /p t k/ originally affricated in all positions but later spirantized word initially.
It is theorized that /p t k/ originally affricated in all positions but later spirantized word initially.
 
==== Approximants ====
==== <small>Labio-Velar Fortition</small> ====
==== <small>Fortition</small> ====
/w/ fortifies to [] preceding /u/ and to [v] before /i a/ when occuring in a stressed syllable:
/ɹ j w/ fortify to [ð ʝ ɣʷ] when occurring in a stressed syllable:


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! colspan=2 | Examples
! colspan=2 | Examples
|-
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! rowspan=2 | /w/ → [v]  
! rowspan=2 | ɹ → ð
|/pa'''w'''a/ → [paˈ'''v'''a]
|/pa'''ɹ'''a/ → [paˈ'''ð'''a]
|-
|/ki'''ɹ''i/ → [kiˈ'''ð'''i]
|-
! rowspan=2 | j → ʝ
|/iɹata'''j'''u/ → [i.ɹa.daˈ'''ʝ'''u]
|-
|-
|/ki'''w'''i/ → [kiˈ'''v'''i]
|/ni'''wj''a/ → [niˈ'''ʝ'''a]
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | /w/ [gʷ]
! rowspan=2 | w → ɣʷ
|/iɹata'''w'''u/ → [i.ɹa.daˈ'''ɡʷ'''u]
|/i'''w'''i/ → ['''ɣʷ'''i]
|-
|-
|/ni'''w'''u/ → [niˈ''''''u]
|/ku'''w''a/ → [kuˈ'''ɣʷ'''a]
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|-
|}
|}


Notes:
The most common realization of /ɹ/ in stressed syllables is actually [ð̠], a voiced alveolar non-sibilant fricative, but for convenience is typically transcribed as simply [ð].
==== Vowels ====
==== Vowels ====