Verse:Tdūrzů/Hebrew: Difference between revisions

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As in Received Pronunciation, /l/ is clear [l] when before a vowel and dark [ɫ] otherwise. People often vocalize dark L to [w] but this doesn't happen in careful pronunciation. The clear L-dark L distinction is marginally phonemic in Hebrew poetry where shva may or may not be pronounced according to poetic license: the shva in מילאו (normatively [mɪləˈʔʉː]) 'they filled' vs. מלאו ''mil'u'' (normatively [mɪɫˈʔʉː]) 'fill! (2pl imperative)' may both be /ə/ or both silent, hence [mɪl(ə)ˈʔʉː] and [mɪɫ(ə)ˈʔʉː] respectively.

Normative pronunciation prescribes [r~ɾ] for /r/. A schwa [ə] may be added before non-prevocalic /r/. Non-prevocalic R may even be vocalized to [ə] in non-rhotic accents but

Voiceless plosives are usually aspirated.

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Some careful readers lenite /g/ to [ɣ].

A schwa [ə] may be added before non-prevocalic r. Non-prevocalic R may even be vocalized to [ə]. (L-Standard English has variable rhoticity, so speakers are likely to perceive a diphthong ending in [ə] as a vowel plus R, even though no R sound is there.)

Voicing assimilation does NOT occur as in Israeli Hebrew, but follows English patterns.

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 As in Received Pronunciation, /l/ is clear [l] when before a vowel and dark [ɫ] otherwise. People often vocalize dark L to [w] but this doesn't happen in careful pronunciation. The clear L-dark L distinction is marginally phonemic in Hebrew poetry where shva may or may not be pronounced according to poetic license: the shva in מילאו (normatively [mɪləˈʔʉː]) 'they filled' vs. מלאו ''mil'u'' (normatively [mɪɫˈʔʉː]) 'fill! (2pl imperative)' may both be /ə/ or both silent, hence [mɪl(ə)ˈʔʉː] and [mɪɫ(ə)ˈʔʉː] respectively.
+Normative pronunciation prescribes [r~ɾ] for /r/. A schwa [ə] may be added before non-prevocalic /r/. Non-prevocalic R may even be vocalized to [ə] in non-rhotic accents but
 Voiceless plosives are usually aspirated.
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 Some careful readers lenite /g/ to [ɣ].
-A schwa [ə] may be added before non-prevocalic r. Non-prevocalic R may even be vocalized to [ə]. (L-Standard English has variable rhoticity, so speakers are likely to perceive a diphthong ending in [ə] as a vowel plus R, even though no R sound is there.)
 Voicing assimilation does NOT occur as in Israeli Hebrew, but follows English patterns.