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* vav is [v], like in Israeli Hebrew | * vav is [v], like in Israeli Hebrew | ||
* lamed not before a vowel is dark [ɫ] and is often vocalized to [w]. | * lamed not before a vowel is dark [ɫ] and is often vocalized to [w]. | ||
* A six-vowel system: /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/ = [i ɛ ɛ a | * A six-vowel system: /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/ = [i ɛ ɛ a ɔ ø u~ü]. /ø/ is lowered to [œ] before [χ]. | ||
**Diphthongal realizations of /i e o/ as [ɪj~eɪ ɛɪ~aɪ ɑːʏ̯̈~aː] are often used in mockery of pretentious or Ultra-Orthodox people. | **Diphthongal realizations of /i e o/ as [ɪj~eɪ ɛɪ~aɪ ɑːʏ̯̈~aː] are often used in mockery of pretentious or Ultra-Orthodox people. | ||
* resh is [ɹ], and sometimes [ɾ] in careful liturgical accents. in basilectal speech, non-prevocalic [ɹ] is dropped with compensatory lengthening or diphthongization. It causes the following phonetic changes to vowels. | * resh is [ɹ], and sometimes [ɾ] in careful liturgical accents. in basilectal speech, non-prevocalic [ɹ] is dropped with compensatory lengthening or diphthongization. It causes the following phonetic changes to vowels. |
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