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* Aspirated stops are as strongly aspirated as in Mandarin. Unaspirated stops can only be voiced after vowels; voicing initial unaspirated stops sounds non-native.

* Aspirated stops are as strongly aspirated as in Mandarin and are also slightly lengthened [pˑʰ t̪ˑʰ t̪s̪ˑʰ tʃˑʰ kˑʰ]

.* Unaspirated stops can only be voiced after vowels; voicing initial unaspirated stops sounds non-native.

* ''r'' is most commonly an alveolar or retroflex approximant (more like Hiberno-English r than American r). The sequences /rn rl rth rt= rtsh rts rs/ are realized as retroflex [N Th T= TSh TS S], even across word boundaries: נאַך אפֿשר לעט ''nach efșăr led'' [naχ efʃə ɭet] 'can't you?' It may also be a flap or trill.

* In most modern accents ''ŗ'' /ʒ/ is postalveolar and merges with ''ș'' when devoiced. It is pronounced as Czech ''ř'' (devoiced after voiceless fricatives and aspirated stops) in conservative dialects and merges with ''ș'' or becomes a sound similar to Spanish ''y'' in ''yendo'' in some dialects.

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-* Aspirated stops are as strongly aspirated as in Mandarin. Unaspirated stops can only be voiced after vowels; voicing initial unaspirated stops sounds non-native.
+* Aspirated stops are as strongly aspirated as in Mandarin and are also slightly lengthened [pˑʰ t̪ˑʰ t̪s̪ˑʰ tʃˑʰ kˑʰ]
+.* Unaspirated stops can only be voiced after vowels; voicing initial unaspirated stops sounds non-native.
 * ''r'' is most commonly an alveolar or retroflex approximant (more like Hiberno-English r than American r). The sequences /rn rl rth rt= rtsh rts rs/ are realized as retroflex [N Th T= TSh TS S], even across word boundaries: נאַך אפֿשר לעט ''nach efșăr led'' [naχ efʃə ɭet] 'can't you?' It may also be a flap or trill.
 * In most modern accents ''ŗ'' /ʒ/ is postalveolar and merges with ''ș'' when devoiced. It is pronounced as Czech ''ř'' (devoiced after voiceless fricatives and aspirated stops) in conservative dialects and merges with ''ș'' or becomes a sound similar to Spanish ''y'' in ''yendo'' in some dialects.