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**/ð/ may become [z], and /θ/ might participate in a chain shift θ > t > d. | **/ð/ may become [z], and /θ/ might participate in a chain shift θ > t > d. | ||
**/θ ð/ may be realized as "slit fricatives" [θ̠ ð̠~ɹ]. In dialects that do this, /ð/ before a vowel tends to become [ʋ]. | **/θ ð/ may be realized as "slit fricatives" [θ̠ ð̠~ɹ]. In dialects that do this, /ð/ before a vowel tends to become [ʋ]. | ||
*/ | */k/-glottalization in coda | ||
*Allophonic vowel length or tensing, especially in non-nasal accents | *Allophonic vowel length or tensing, especially in non-nasal accents | ||
**Vowels may lengthen in open syllables, before voiced consonants, or before front fricatives /f v θ ð s z/. | **Vowels may lengthen in open syllables, before voiced consonants, or before front fricatives /f v θ ð s z/. | ||
*Some accents might merge /œ/ and /ə/, or /œy/ and /ɔu/. | *Some accents might merge /œ/ and /ə/, or /œy/ and /ɔu/. | ||
Take inspiration from German dialects | Take inspiration from German dialects | ||