Verse:Irta/Judeo-Mandarin: Difference between revisions

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** Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'יִ ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'יִ ''c̦i'' 'her (possessive pronoun)'.

** Voiceless stops (written פּ כּ תּ) are aspirated unless after a fricative, where they are written בּ ק ט. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech.

** ''t d n s'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/.

** ''t d s'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/.

** /h/ is always pronounced clearly. It is usually [h~ɦ], but is [ħ̞] (weak [ħ]) before /a/ and [ç] before /i/.

*''ț z c̦ ģ l ŗ'' arise from Old Irish slender t d c g l r. ''ł'' arises from Old Irish non-slender l. The Hebrew-script orthography points to the fact that /ʒ/ and /w/ were pronounced as Czech ř and dark l, respectively, when the IFDY spelling was first standardized.

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 ** Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'יִ ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'יִ ''c&#x326;i'' 'her (possessive pronoun)'.
 ** Voiceless stops (written פּ כּ תּ) are aspirated unless after a fricative, where they are written בּ ק ט. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech.
-** ''t d n s'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/.
+** ''t d s'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/.
 ** /h/ is always pronounced clearly. It is usually [h~ɦ], but is [ħ&#798;] (weak [ħ]) before /a/ and [ç] before /i/.
 *''ț z c&#x326; ģ l ŗ'' arise from Old Irish slender t d c g l r. ''ł'' arises from Old Irish non-slender l. The Hebrew-script orthography points to the fact that /ʒ/ and /w/ were pronounced as Czech ř and dark l, respectively, when the IFDY spelling was first standardized.