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* "Conjugation by imāla": OIr /a:/ after non-velarized consonants merges with OIr /e₂ː/ and is pronounced [a:~ä:] in young urban secular speech e.g. ''Gaibd ar Raħmán'' [ɐbdʲəɹˠəh'ma:n]; سْكال ''scéal'' [ɕcaːlˠ] 'news; story'. After velarized consonants [ɔː] is used. | * "Conjugation by imāla": OIr /a:/ after non-velarized consonants merges with OIr /e₂ː/ and is pronounced [a:~ä:] in young urban secular speech e.g. ''Gaibd ar Raħmán'' [ɐbdʲəɹˠəh'ma:n]; سْكال ''scéal'' [ɕcaːlˠ] 'news; story'. After velarized consonants [ɔː] is used. | ||
* Our Irish broad /e:/ becomes /əj/ | * Our Irish broad /e:/ becomes /əj/, and /e:/ in some monosyllabic words become /əj/ too: ''sé'' /ɕəj/ [ɕeɪ] 'six'. | ||
/ɐ/ is found as an "ayin-colored" reduced vowel in words of Arabic origin: e.g. Gaizíz /ɐˈʑiːɕ/ (male name) | /ɐ/ is found as an "ayin-colored" reduced vowel in words of Arabic origin: e.g. Gaizíz /ɐˈʑiːɕ/ (male name) | ||