Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions

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**Final ''h'' is silent unless before a vowel. ''th'' is pronounced even when final.

**ŗ is /ʃ/ after voiceless consonants: סקר'יב ''scŗiv'' /skʃiv/ 'to write'.

** Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'י ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'י ''c̦i'' 'hunting hound; attack dog' (a loan from another Celtic language).

** Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'יִ ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'יִ ''c̦i'' 'hunting hound; attack dog' (a loan from another Celtic language).

** Voiceless stops (written פּ כּ תּ) are aspirated unless after a fricative, where they are written בּ ק ט. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech.

** ''t d n'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/.

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 **Final ''h'' is silent unless before a vowel. ''th'' is pronounced even when final.
 **ŗ is /ʃ/ after voiceless consonants: סקר'יב ''scŗiv'' /skʃiv/ 'to write'.
-** Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'י ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'י ''c&#x326;i'' 'hunting hound; attack dog' (a loan from another Celtic language).
+** Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'יִ ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'יִ ''c&#x326;i'' 'hunting hound; attack dog' (a loan from another Celtic language).
 ** Voiceless stops (written פּ כּ תּ) are aspirated unless after a fricative, where they are written בּ ק ט. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech.
 ** ''t d n'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/.