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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Classical:
m n ng /ŋ/
m n ng /ŋ/


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tx /ts/ ts /tʃ/
tx /ts/ ts /tʃ/


v -dh /ɣ/
v -dh /ð/ (dh only occurs syllable finally)


w zh /r̝~ɹ~ʒ/ j /j/
w zh /r̝~ɹ~ʒ/ j /j/
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/x/ is [ʂ] in some dialects
/x/ is [ʂ] in some dialects


Modern:
*Czh clusters = /Cj/ in Modern Tseezh, while it was /Cr/ in Classical Tseezh.
*Czh clusters = /Cj/ in Modern Tseezh, while it was /Cr/ in Classical Tseezh.
*Final zh = [ʃ] in Modern Tseezh.
*Final zh = [ʃ] in Modern Tseezh.
*Otherwise zh = [r] in Modern Tseezh.
*Otherwise zh = [r] in Modern Tseezh.
*dh is pronounced [ɣ] in Modern Tseezh. It may even disappear and cause compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===