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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 == | ||