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===Stress and Phonation=== | ===Stress and Phonation=== | ||
One syllable in each word bears stress. Vowel phonation is phonemic on stressed syllables but not elsewhere. The phonations are harsh | One syllable in each word bears stress. Vowel phonation is phonemic on stressed syllables but not elsewhere. The phonations are harsh /a̰/ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harsh_voice], breathy /a̤/ or /ä/ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathy_voice], and glottalised /aʔ/. Harsh and breathy vowels are both pronounced long, while glottalised vowels are pronounced short, and with glottalisation of the following consonant (or with a glottal stop [ʔ] in the case of word final syllables). | ||
===Allophones of /h/=== | ===Allophones of /h/=== |
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