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* In most modern accents ''ŗ'' /ʒ/ is postalveolar and merges with ''ș'' when devoiced. It is pronounced as Czech ř (devoiced after voiceless fricatives and aspirated stops) in Western dialects. | * In most modern accents ''ŗ'' /ʒ/ is postalveolar and merges with ''ș'' when devoiced. It is pronounced as Czech ''ř'' (devoiced after voiceless fricatives and aspirated stops) in conservative Western dialects. | ||
* Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'י ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'י ''c̦i'' 'at her'. | * Stop + fricative clusters are distinct from affricates: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'י ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'י ''c̦i'' 'at her'. | ||
* Aspirated stops are as strongly aspirated as in Mandarin. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech. | * Aspirated stops are as strongly aspirated as in Mandarin. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech. | ||