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Hebrew in Lõis was revived by English-speaking Jewish immigrants in the Americas. Most speakers today use a loosely Togarmite accent, but with an English touch: | Hebrew in Lõis was revived by English-speaking Jewish immigrants in the Americas. Most speakers today use a loosely Togarmite accent, but with an English touch: | ||
* /p t k/ are aspirated | * /p t k/ are aspirated | ||
* "overuse" of glottal reinforcement: /p t k ts/ become [ʔp ʔt ʔk ʔts] after a vowel or /m n l/. | |||
* beth, kaf, pe, tav without dagesh are [v, x, f, θ]. | * beth, kaf, pe, tav without dagesh are [v, x, f, θ]. | ||
* vav is [v], like in Israeli Hebrew | * vav is [v], like in Israeli Hebrew | ||