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# /l/ can undergo delateralisation in most dialects if preceeded by /i/ - for example, ''senil'' ("problem") is pronounced /se.nij/ rather than /se.nil/.

===Consonant ~~assimilation~~===

===Consonant harmony===

~~Because of [[assimilation (phonetics)|assimilation]]~~, ~~an initial voiced consonant~~ of ~~a suffix is devoiced when the word it is attached to ends in a voiceless~~ consonant~~. For example~~,

Natalician orthography reflects voice sandhi voicing, a form of consonant mutation with two consonants that meet, and the second is voiced and the first is unvoiced. The first unvoiced consonant {{IPA|[p t f ʃ t͡ʃ θ k s]}} is voiced to {{IPA|[b d v ʒ d͡ʒ ð ɡ z]}}, but the orthography remains unchanged:

* the ~~[[locative]] of {{lang|tr|şev}} (slope)~~ is ~~{{lang|tr|şev'''d'''e}} (on~~ the ~~slope), but~~ {{~~lang~~|~~tr|şef}} (chef) has locative {{lang|tr|şef'''~~t~~'''e}};~~

* 'Kütdüs' (you drink) realises the /t/ as a /d/ due to the voiced consonant that follows. Therefore, it would be /kyd.ys/.

* the [[diminutive]~~] of {{lang|tr|ad~~}} ~~(name)~~ is ~~{{lang|tr|ad'''c'''ık}}~~ {{IPA|[~~adˈd͡ʒɯk~~]}} ~~('little name')~~, but ~~{{lang|tr|at}} ('horse') has diminutive {{lang|tr|at~~''~~'ç'''ık}} {{IPA|[atˈt͡ʃɯk]}}~~ (~~'little horse'~~).

===Vowels===

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 # /l/ can undergo delateralisation in most dialects if preceeded by /i/ - for example, ''senil'' ("problem") is pronounced /se.nij/ rather than /se.nil/.
-===Consonant assimilation===
+===Consonant harmony===
-Because of [[assimilation (phonetics)|assimilation]], an initial voiced consonant of a suffix is devoiced when the word it is attached to ends in a voiceless consonant. For example,
+Natalician orthography reflects voice sandhi voicing, a form of consonant mutation with two consonants that meet, and the second is voiced and the first is unvoiced. The first unvoiced consonant {{IPA|[p t f ʃ t͡ʃ θ k s]}} is voiced to {{IPA|[b d v ʒ d͡ʒ ð ɡ z]}}, but the orthography remains unchanged:
-* the [[locative]] of {{lang|tr|şev}} (slope) is {{lang|tr|şev'''d'''e}} (on the slope), but {{lang|tr|şef}} (chef) has locative {{lang|tr|şef'''t'''e}};
+* 'Kütdüs' (you drink) realises the /t/ as a /d/ due to the voiced consonant that follows. Therefore, it would be /kyd.ys/.
-* the [[diminutive]] of {{lang|tr|ad}} (name) is {{lang|tr|ad'''c'''ık}} {{IPA|[adˈd͡ʒɯk]}} ('little name'), but {{lang|tr|at}} ('horse') has diminutive {{lang|tr|at'''ç'''ık}} {{IPA|[atˈt͡ʃɯk]}} ('little horse').
 ===Vowels===