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Allophones or marginal phonemes include H [hʶ] and Š [ʂʶ]; this article won't reflect these. [ŋ̟ ɴ̟] occur as allophones of /n̪ n̪ʶ/ before dorsal stops. | Allophones or marginal phonemes include H [hʶ] and Š [ʂʶ]; this article won't reflect these. [ŋ̟ ɴ̟] occur as allophones of /n̪ n̪ʶ/ before dorsal stops. | ||
Emphatic consonants are realized as uvularized consonants by most of the population but are realized as velarized by more educated speakers. | Emphatic consonants are realized as uvularized consonants by most of the population but are realized as velarized (also turning emphatic dorsals into true velars) by more educated speakers. | ||
"Voiceless" stops are consistently aspirated; voiced stops are usually weakly voiced (as in German and Irish) and are always devoiced after a voiceless or aspirated consonant; they are commonly devoiced, especially /ɢ{{adv}}/. Voiced geminate stops are realized as voiceless unaspirated. Geminated and word-final aspirated stops are preglottalized. Gemination is neutralized word-finally. Preuvular consonants are velar or uvular for some speakers; the velar realization is more common in rural areas. | "Voiceless" stops are consistently aspirated; voiced stops are usually weakly voiced (as in German and Irish) and are always devoiced after a voiceless or aspirated consonant; they are commonly devoiced, especially /ɢ{{adv}}/. Voiced geminate stops are realized as voiceless unaspirated. Geminated and word-final aspirated stops are preglottalized. Gemination is neutralized word-finally. Preuvular consonants are velar or uvular for some speakers; the velar realization is more common in rural areas. | ||