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*h from Tigol h = /h/; h from Tigol ch = /x/; ħ is consistently /ħ/
*h from Tigol h = /h/; h from Tigol ch = /x/; ħ is consistently /ħ/


The Tumakan dialect has a pitch accent system and uses an RP-type pronunciation for R-colored vowels. The vowel length distinction has turned into tone; it also uses definite suffixes like Swedish, giving additional tonal distinctions. It may be the most highly tonal language in Talma.
===Tumakan===
The Tumakan dialect has a pitch accent system which may be the most complex in Talma: The vowel length distinction has turned into tone; it also uses definite suffixes like Swedish, giving additional tonal distinctions. Tumakan uses an RP-type pronunciation for R-colored vowels:
*or, òr /oː(ɹ)/
*or, òr /oː(ɹ)/
*ar, àr, à /ɑː(ɹ)/
*ar, àr, à /ɑː(ɹ)/
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