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<ref name=GrekelinOrigins>If indeed Cappadocian Greek started out as a dialect of Pontic Greek (Which isn't descended from Koine but directly from Attic-Ionic dialects), then so did Grekelin since they share their [[w:Urheimat|urheimat]] in the south of Anatolia. That would easily explain why Grekelin has ''/e/'' in place of Modern Greek /i/. </ref> | <ref name=GrekelinOrigins>If indeed Cappadocian Greek started out as a dialect of Pontic Greek (Which isn't descended from Koine but directly from Attic-Ionic dialects), then so did Grekelin since they share their [[w:Urheimat|urheimat]] in the south of Anatolia. That would easily explain why Grekelin has ''/e/'' in place of Modern Greek /i/. </ref> | ||
<ref name=YPronc>Styled after Hungarian, Grekelin often uses "y" to show that the preceding consonant is palatalized. When 'y' is to actually be pronounced as a vowel but it is preceded by a consonant, it takes a dieresis above it: eg. "GŸ gÿ". </ref> | <ref name=YPronc>Styled after Hungarian, Grekelin often uses "y" to show that the preceding consonant is palatalized. When 'y' is to actually be pronounced as a vowel but it is preceded by a consonant, it takes a dieresis above it: eg. "GŸ gÿ". </ref> | ||
<ref name=VoicedAlveolo-palatalApproximant>The voiced alveolo-palatal approximant (A sound somewhat similar to /j/) does exist in Grekelin as an allophone of /j/ behind rhotics and laterals. It is the only language, along with Huastec, to include it.</ref> | |||
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