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====Dialectal features==== | ====Dialectal features==== | ||
Some dialectal features not present in the standard language: | Some dialectal features not present in the standard language: | ||
* | *Maintaining distinction between /ʒ/ and /d͡ʒ/. | ||
* | *Maintaining distinction between dental and alveolar stops, and between sibilant and non-sibilant alveolar fricatives. The alveolar stops/affricates (/t͇’ ~ t͡ɬ’, t͇ʰ ~ t͡ɬʰ, d͇ ~ d͡ɮ/) and non-sibilant alveolar fricatives (/θ͇ ~ ɬ, ð͇ ~ ɮ/) correspond to Proto-Bantu palatals before non-front vowels, which in the standard language merged with other palatals. | ||
*Maintaining tone distinction in stressed syllables. | |||
*Labialized/palatalized consonants where the standard has plain consonants. | *Labialized/palatalized consonants where the standard has plain consonants. | ||
*Devoicing of voiced fricatives. | *Devoicing of voiced fricatives. | ||