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=== Minimal pairs ===
=== Minimal pairs ===
* n vs. N: ''náhər'' 'river'; ''Náhər'' 'snake': ''Náhər mamū́l Mill-ilmḗ hu náhər'' 'A river is a snake made of water'
* n vs. N: ''náhər'' 'river'; ''Náhər'' 'snake': ''Náhər mamū́l Mill-ilmḗ hu náhər'' 'A river is a snake made of water'
=== Archiphonemes ===
* The combination of imāla and Irish borrowing has resulted in two long vowel archiphonemes: Ē (Classical ā), Ā (Middle Irish á) (ē and ā respectively after nonemphatics; both become ō after emphatics after ayin loss)
** Some analogical leveling happens, though, which collapses some occurrences to invariable /ē ā ō/
* Ə - schwa archiphoneme, i between 2 nonemphatics


== Morphology ==
== Morphology ==