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Unvoiced stops have a tendency to be aspirated (as in Germanic languages). | |||
====Affricates==== | ====Affricates==== | ||
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There are four "pure" affricates in Maltcégj, though no affricates are represented by their own character. For more information, see Consonant Clusters, below. | |||
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NB: There is no realization of /ŋ/, even before a velar obstruent. In many cases, an epenthetic <e> may intervene between <n> and a velar, but even when it does not, the letters are pronounced independently. E.g. '''gýnko''' /'gɪn.ko/ 'ginko', not **/'gɪŋ.ko/. | |||
====Liquids==== | ====Liquids==== | ||
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| '''l''' || /l/ | |||
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| '''r''' || /ɾ/ | |||
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| '''ɮ''' || /ɮ,ɬ/* | |||
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| '''ʌ''' || /ɫ̩/ | |||
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| '''ʀ''' || /ɹ̩/ | |||
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<ɮ> becomes devoiced to /ɬ/ when it occurs adjacent to an unvoiced obstruent (most frequently in the clusters <pɮ>, <tɮ>, and <kɮ>). | |||
====Glides==== | ====Glides==== | ||
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| '''w''' || /w/ || '''ẏ''' || /j/ | |||
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====Vowels==== | ====Vowels==== | ||
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====Syllabic Liquids===== | |||
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<ʌ> and <ʀ> are considered vowels in Maltcégj and never occur in a non-syllabic context. However, they are not subject to the same diacritic rules for other non-diphthongs as other vowels. | |||
=====Diphthongs===== | =====Diphthongs===== | ||