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Both {{IPA|/ä/}} and {{IPA|/äː/}} are, nearly everywhere, backed when allophonically nasalized as {{IPA|[ɑ̃ ɑ̃ː]}}, except before word-final {{IPA|/m/}}: | Both {{IPA|/ä/}} and {{IPA|/äː/}} are, nearly everywhere, backed when allophonically nasalized as {{IPA|[ɑ̃ ɑ̃ː]}}, except before word-final {{IPA|/m/}}: | ||
: ''Lāmberah'' (name of a river) {{IPA|/ɴ̆aːmbeʀäɦ/}} – Std. {{IPA|[ɴ̆ɑ̃ːmbeʀäħ]}}, Līl. {{IPA|[ɴ̆ɑ̃ːmbeʀɐχ]}}, Mam. {{IPA|[ɴ̆ɑ̃ːmbeʀäħ]}}, Cam. {{IPA|[ɴ̆ɑ̃ːmbeʀäh]}} | : ''Lāmberah'' (name of a river) {{IPA|/ɴ̆aːmbeʀäɦ/}} – Std. {{IPA|[ɴ̆ɑ̃ːmbeʀäħ]}}, Līl. {{IPA|[ɴ̆ɑ̃ːmbeʀɐχ]}}, Mam. {{IPA|[ɴ̆ɑ̃ːmbeʀäħ]}}, Cam. {{IPA|[ɴ̆ɑ̃ːmbeʀäh]}} | ||
A general raising of {{IPA|/äː/}} is a marked regional trait of most of the Coastal Southwest and parts of the West: there, {{IPA|/äː/}} is realized as {{IPA|[ɛː]}} (neutralizing the contrast between the phonemes represented as '''ā''' and '''ǣ''') in every context except before {{IPA|/ɴ̆/}}, {{IPA|/ʀ/}}, {{IPA|/ɦ/}}, and retroflex consonants: | |||
: ''prātas'' "wind" {{IPA|/pʀäːtäs/}} – Std. {{IPA|[pʀäːtäs~pʀäːtɐs]}}, Līl. {{IPA|[pʀäːtɐs]}}, Mam. {{IPA|[pʀäːtəʃ]}}, Cam. {{IPA|[pʀäːtäs]}}, Nlk. {{IPA|[pʀɛːtäs]}} | |||
{{IPA|/ɑ̤/}} does not have particular regional variation, save for the unpacking to {{IPA|[äH]}} in the Northern Far East/East/Northeast/parts of the North: | {{IPA|/ɑ̤/}} does not have particular regional variation, save for the unpacking to {{IPA|[äH]}} in the Northern Far East/East/Northeast/parts of the North: | ||