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* The postalveolar fricatives and affricate /(t)ʃ ʒ/ often are pronounced as palato-alveolar [(t)ɕ ʑ]. | * The postalveolar fricatives and affricate /(t)ʃ ʒ/ often are pronounced as palato-alveolar [(t)ɕ ʑ]. | ||
* The voiced velar fricative /ɣ/ is commonly pronounced uvular [ʁ], and may even be a uvular trill [ʀ]. | * The voiced velar fricative /ɣ/ is commonly pronounced uvular [ʁ], and may even be a uvular trill [ʀ]. | ||
* The alveolar trill /r/ becomes | * The alveolar trill /r/ becomes a postalveolar approximant [ɹ̠] (often written as simply [ɹ]) in syllable-final position. This pronunciation is also common for the lateral rhotic in any position. | ||
* The velar nasal /ŋ/ causes the preceding vowel to be nasalized. Morpheme-finally, this absorbs the /ŋ/. | * The velar nasal /ŋ/ causes the preceding vowel to be nasalized. Morpheme-finally, this absorbs the /ŋ/. | ||