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**''saþ'' /saθ/ 'salty' is pronounced [sɑːθ], but ''baþa'' 'gun' is pronounced [pæθə].
**''saþ'' /saθ/ 'salty' is pronounced [sɑːθ], but ''baþa'' 'gun' is pronounced [pæθə].
**''syvŋá'' 'art' is pronounced [səvŋɑː]
**''syvŋá'' 'art' is pronounced [səvŋɑː]
*Tensing occurs in the ''opposite'' direction for /a/ before /k/ or /h/. [ɛ:~ɛə~eə] is a common realization.
*Tensing occurs in the ''opposite'' direction for /a/ before /k/ or /h/. [ɛː~ɛə~eə] is a common realization.
**For example, ''glah'' 'will' is pronounced [kʀɛːh~kʀeəh].
**For example, ''glah'' 'will' is pronounced [kʀɛːh~kʀeəh].
*Stressed /i/ and /u/ also lengthen to [i:] and [u:] before /mC nC/ sequences.
*Stressed /i/ and /u/ also lengthen to [i:] and [u:] before /mC nC/ sequences.