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*Maintaining distinction between /ʒ/ and /d͡ʒ/. | *Maintaining distinction between /ʒ/ and /d͡ʒ/. | ||
*Maintaining distinction between dental and alveolar stops, and between sibilant and non-sibilant alveolar fricatives. The alveolar stops/affricates (/t͇’ ~ t͡ɬ’, t͇ʰ ~ t͡ɬʰ, d͇ ~ d͡ɮ/) and non-sibilant alveolar fricatives (/θ͇ ~ ɬ, ð͇ ~ ɮ/) correspond to Proto-Bantu palatals before non-front vowels, which in the standard language merged with other palatals. | *Maintaining distinction between dental and alveolar stops, and between sibilant and non-sibilant alveolar fricatives. The alveolar stops/affricates (/t͇’ ~ t͡ɬ’, t͇ʰ ~ t͡ɬʰ, d͇ ~ d͡ɮ/) and non-sibilant alveolar fricatives (/θ͇ ~ ɬ, ð͇ ~ ɮ/) correspond to Proto-Bantu palatals before non-front vowels, which in the standard language merged with other palatals. | ||
Below is a table showing how these sounds are represented in the different writing systems: | |||
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! IPA | |||
| t͇’ ~ t͡ɬ’ || t͇ʰ ~ t͡ɬʰ || d͇ ~ d͡ɮ || θ͇ ~ ɬ || ð͇ ~ ɮ | |||
|- | |||
! Ge'ez | |||
| ⶸ || ⶨ || ዸ || ⶠ || ⶰ | |||
|- | |||
! Arabic | |||
|<big><big> ۻ </big></big> || <big><big> تٜ </big></big> || <big><big> ڊ </big></big> || <big><big> ݑ </big></big> || <big><big> ذٜ </big></big> | |||
|- | |||
! Latin (Ethiopianist) | |||
| tl || tlh || rowspan="2" | dl || rowspan="2" | sl || rowspan="2" | zl | |||
|- | |||
! Latin (Bantuist) | |||
| tlh || tl | |||
|} | |||
*Maintaining tone distinction in stressed syllables. | *Maintaining tone distinction in stressed syllables. | ||
*Labialized/palatalized consonants where the standard has plain consonants. | *Labialized/palatalized consonants where the standard has plain consonants. | ||