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A few notes about consonants: | A few notes about consonants: | ||
* /l/ is limited to a few reborrowings from Íscégon or borrowings from other languages with that sound (e.g. [[Nordulaki]], [[Auralian]], or [[Nivarese]]). Many speakers merge it with /r/, especially in colloquial registers. | * /l/ is limited to a few reborrowings from Íscégon or borrowings from other languages with that sound (e.g. [[Nordulaki]], [[Auralian]], or [[Nivarese]]). Many speakers merge it with /r/, especially in colloquial registers. | ||
* The /rr/ sequence is always pronounced [rʒ] (e.g. '' | * The /rr/ sequence is always pronounced [rʒ] (e.g. ''irraima'' "city" [irˈʒajma]) and some linguists analyze it as being /rʒ/. | ||
* The contrast between /s/ and /ʃ/ is neutralized before other consonants, with the only phone used in that context being [ʃ] (e.g. ''urrustu'' "hawk" [urˈʒuʃtu]). | * The contrast between /s/ and /ʃ/ is neutralized before other consonants, with the only phone used in that context being [ʃ] (e.g. ''urrustu'' "hawk" [urˈʒuʃtu]). | ||
* Dento-alveolar /d/ and retroflex /ɖ/ are sometimes said to be allophones of the same phoneme, with [ɖɖ] being geminate /dd/, as geminate [dd] only occurs as part of intervocalic /dʒ/ ( | * Dento-alveolar /d/ and retroflex /ɖ/ are sometimes said to be allophones of the same phoneme, with [ɖɖ] being geminate /dd/, as geminate [dd] only occurs as part of intervocalic /dʒ/ (e.g. ''Charredxì'' "Ceria" [tʃarʒedˈdʒi]). The [ɖ] sound also never occurs outside of [ɖɖ] and [ɳɖ] - the latter being the usually realization of /nd/, e.g. ''Ebandu'' "Evandor" [ˈebaɳɖu]. However, both [d] and [ɖɖ] may occur word-initially (cf. ''ddun'' [ɖɖun] "mouth" and ''dassu'' [ˈdaʃu] "nine"), and therefore some linguists consider them to be different phonemes. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||