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/r/ is almost exclusively a trill, though it can also become a tap in fast speech. /x~h/ are much more variable, to an almost idiolectal level, with even adjacent neighbourhoods reported having either a velar /x/ or glottal /h/ realisation. Velar /x/ is more common in predominantly Muslim areas, probably due to the influence of [[w:Arabic language|Arabic]]. The Akademia does not officially hold a preference for either realisation, though it represents both sounds with the Spanish letter ⟨j⟩, which traditionally represents a velar /x/ in Spanish. | /r/ is almost exclusively a trill, though it can also become a tap in fast speech. /x~h/ are much more variable, to an almost idiolectal level, with even adjacent neighbourhoods reported having either a velar /x/ or glottal /h/ realisation. Velar /x/ is more common in predominantly Muslim areas, probably due to the influence of [[w:Arabic language|Arabic]]. The Akademia does not officially hold a preference for either realisation, though it represents both sounds with the Spanish letter ⟨j⟩, which traditionally represents a velar /x/ in Spanish. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Like its mother languages of Spanish and Swahili, Ganymedian has five vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/. These vowels correspond with Spanish /a, e, i, o, u/ and Swahili /ɑ, ɛ, i, ɔ, u/. /a/ is mostly described as central /ä/ to back /ɑ/, while /e/ and /o/ are usually raised to /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ in stressed word-medial and word-initial syllables, though they are always close-mid /e/ and /o/ before nasals and word-finally. These vowels are never reduced, even when unstressed. Swahili long vowels were merged entirely with short vowels, though they often end up stressed to compensate, such as ''kontó'' "sheep, livestock" from {{mn|sw|kondoo}}. | Like its mother languages of Spanish and Swahili, Ganymedian has five vowels: /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/. These vowels correspond with Spanish /a, e, i, o, u/ and Swahili /ɑ, ɛ, i, ɔ, u/. /a/ is mostly described as central /ä/ to back /ɑ/, while /e/ and /o/ are usually raised to /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ in stressed word-medial and word-initial syllables, though they are always close-mid /e/ and /o/ before nasals and word-finally. These vowels are never reduced, even when unstressed. Swahili long vowels were merged entirely with short vowels, though they often end up stressed to compensate, such as ''kontó'' "sheep, livestock" from {{mn|sw|kondoo}}. | ||