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* some Slavic-like and Polish-like sound changes, like Old Irish palatalized c > /tʃʰ/, etc. | * some Slavic-like and Polish-like sound changes, like Old Irish palatalized c > /tʃʰ/, etc. | ||
* almost complete loss of the fortis-lenis distinction in resonants in most dialects. | * almost complete loss of the fortis-lenis distinction in resonants in most dialects. | ||
** The conservative Italian dialect preserves Old Irish fortis unpalatalized ''n'' /n̪ˠ/, fortis unpalatalized r /rˠ/ and palatalized ''l'' /ʎ/, written as נּ רּ לּ. These are found word-initially in native but not Semitic vocabulary, e.g. נּאי /n̪ˠʌj/ 'nine' (Standard נעי /nej/ ''ney''), and are retained non-initially in Semitic words as well: הושענּא /hu' | ** The conservative Italian dialect preserves Old Irish fortis unpalatalized ''n'' /n̪ˠ/, fortis unpalatalized r /rˠ/ and palatalized ''l'' /ʎ/, written as נּ רּ לּ. These are found word-initially in native but not Semitic vocabulary, e.g. נּאי /n̪ˠʌj/ 'nine' (Standard נעי /nej/ ''ney''), and are retained non-initially in Semitic words as well: הושענּא /hu'ʃæ:n̪ˠə/ 'Hoshana (a Sukkot worship service)' (Standard /hu'ʃanə/ ''hușánă''). | ||
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