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 * Palatal sound + '''a, o, u''' → '''ch, j, x'''
 * Velar sound + '''i, e''' → '''qu, gu'''; the sequences {{IPA|/χi χe/}} do not exist in Atlantic.
+===s===
+The letter '''s''' may represent two or three different phonemes depending on dialect: {{IPA|/s z/}} are common to all Atlantic dialects, with {{IPA|/z/}} never occurring word-initially or word-finally and being the only one to happen before voiced consonants, and being written as '''s''' intervocalically; in this position, the only one where it contrasts with {{IPA|/s/}}, the latter is written '''ss'''.
+Word-finally, {{IPA|/s z/}} do not contrast as only the former is possible, however in the {{IPA|/z/}} may appear in inflected forms. Despite this, and the option of a {{IPA|/z/}} phoneme being realized as {{IPA|[s]}} word-finally being possible, the orthography does not distinguish between them and always writes '''s'''. The only two words with word-final '''ss''' are the negative particle ''pass'' and the adverb ''press'' "near".
+The third phoneme represented by '''s''' is {{IPA|/ɕ/}}, limited to a few Numidian dialects and only occurring before a soft '''c''' as in ''nosciri'' "to be born" {{IPA|/ˈnɔɕtɕiri/}}. These dialects' {{IPA|/ɕtɕ/}} sequence corresponds to {{IPA|/stɕ/}} elsewhere (cf. standard {{IPA|/ˈnɔstɕiri/}}).
 ===Epenthesis===