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==Dialectal features==
==Dialectal features==
===Phonology===
===Phonology===
*Maintaining a distinction between ''ḵꞌ'' and ''ḫ'', and between ''ḡ'' and ''ġ''. In both sets, the first of the set is velar and the second is uvular.
====Vowels====
*Merging of ''ō'' and/or ''ē'' into ''ā''.
*Preserving ''e'' and ''o'' as shortened variants of ''ē'' and ''ō''.
*Preserving ''e'' and ''o'' as shortened variants of ''ē'' and ''ō''.
*Umlaut of ''ā'' into /ɛː/ in certain circumstances.
*Umlaut of ''ā'' into /ɛː/ in certain circumstances.
*Preservation of original /ɛː/ and/or /ɔː/ (merged with ''ā'' in standard language).
*Merger of original /ɛː/ and/or /ɔː/ into ''ē'' or ''ō'' respectively instead of ''ā''.
====Consonants====
*Unconditional sound change /p/ > /f/.
*Unconditional sound change /p/ > /f/.
*Unconditional change /v/ > /b/ or /w/.
*Unconditional change /v/ > /b/ or /w/.
*Pronunciation of ''ḅ'' as non-emphatic /b/ or /p/.
*Pronunciation of ''ḅ'' as non-emphatic /b/ or /p/.
*Maintaining a distinction between ''ḵꞌ'' and ''ḫ'', and between ''ḡ'' and ''ġ''. In both sets, the first of the set is velar and the second is uvular.
*Merging of ''ō'' and/or ''ē'' into ''ā''.
*Lack of emphaticness in /x/.
*Spread of emphaticness to syllables adjacent to an emphatic consonant/vowel or even the whole word.
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*Preservation of glottalized consonants from original PIE voiced stops.-->
*Preservation of glottalized consonants from original PIE voiced stops.-->
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