Verse:Mwtqwlqwj/Qwbmwdqwg: Difference between revisions
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* /rʶ/ may be realized as [ɾʶ] or [ɹʷʶ], the latter sounding a lot like a General American English r. | * /rʶ/ may be realized as [ɾʶ] or [ɹʷʶ], the latter sounding a lot like a General American English r. | ||
* t d T D n N L s S are lamino-dental. | * t d T D n N L s S are lamino-dental. | ||
* Nonemphatic consonants (except /v h/) are allophonically palatalized in pausal position. /t d n l/ become laminal alveolar [t̻ʲ d̻ʲ n̻ʲ lʲ] when allophonically palatalized. Allophonic palatalization of nonemphatic consonants also occurs when said consonant is next to a prevelar consonant (one of /k{{adv}} g{{adv}} x{{adv}} j/); this also affects /v/ ''after'' a prevelar, e.g. ''gvèr'' [g{{adv}}vʲe:r] 'about, concerning', ''ħacme'' [ | * Nonemphatic consonants (except /v h/) are allophonically palatalized in pausal position. /t d n l/ become laminal alveolar [t̻ʲ d̻ʲ n̻ʲ lʲ] when allophonically palatalized. Allophonic palatalization of nonemphatic consonants also occurs when said consonant is next to a prevelar consonant (one of /k{{adv}} g{{adv}} x{{adv}} j/); this also affects /v/ ''after'' a prevelar, e.g. ''gvèr'' [g{{adv}}vʲe:r] 'about, concerning', ''ħacme'' [ˈħ{{lowered}}æk{{adv}}ʰmʲə] 'rule'. | ||
* Emphatic consonants are less strongly uvularized and more velarized in pause, for speakers that uvularize emphatics. | * Emphatic consonants are less strongly uvularized and more velarized in pause, for speakers that uvularize emphatics. | ||
* /j/ is vocalized to [ɪ] in word-initial position before a consonant. | * /j/ is vocalized to [ɪ] in word-initial position before a consonant. | ||