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=== Minimal pairs === | === Minimal pairs/Things to investigate === | ||
==== Emphatic vs nonemphatic ==== | |||
* levn (ləwn) 'color'; lòn (LəWN) 'lunch' | * levn (ləwn) 'color'; lòn (LəWN) 'lunch' | ||
* r vs R: final CA r becomes R in verbs and r in nouns and adjectives (because of genitive -i) | * r vs R: final CA r becomes R in verbs and r in nouns and adjectives (because of genitive -i) | ||
** ''ȝas̱r'' 'vespers', ''ȝas̱r{{cll}}'' 'squeeze.VN' | ** ''ȝas̱r'' 'vespers', ''ȝas̱r{{cll}}'' 'squeeze.VN' | ||
* f vs F: ''g{{cll}}ahve'' (Gaffə) 'coffee', ''g{{cll}}av{{cll}}v{{cll}}ha'' (GaFFə) 'of her' | * f vs F: ''g{{cll}}ahve'' (Gaffə) 'coffee', ''g{{cll}}av{{cll}}v{{cll}}ha'' (GaFFə) 'of her' | ||
==== Vowels ==== | |||
* [æ] and [ɑ] are distinctive in vowel-initial words (from Arabic a/Irish ea vs Irish a), but [æ] is an allophone of /ɛ/ (?) | |||
* Are /ɛ:/, /æ:/, and /ɒ:/ 2 or 3 phonemes? | |||
=== Archiphonemes === | === Archiphonemes === | ||