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"What if An Yidish was even more Scottish/Mandarin" --- include the Icelandic-ish stops -rt = [ʂʈ], etc. so Hanukkah = */'χanɪhkə/ > ['χanɪçkə]
"What if An Yidish was even more Scottish/Mandarin" --- include the Icelandic-ish stops -rt = [ʂʈ], etc. so Hanukkah = */'χanɪhkə/ > ['χanɪçkə]


תּ is usually [θ]; /s/ is also dental. /t⁼ ts⁼/ consistently become [ð z] after a vowel when not immediately followed by an underlyingly voiceless consonant (aspirated stop or voiceless fricative). Postalveolars /tʃ⁼ tʃʰ ʃ ʒ/ are usually alveolopalatals [tɕ⁼ tɕʰ ɕ ʑ]. /y/ is fully front [y̟], and stressed /i u/ are consistently tense [i u].
* /tʰ/ת is usually [θ]
* /s/ is lamino-dental
* /t⁼ ts⁼/ consistently become [ð z] after a vowel when not immediately followed by an underlyingly voiceless consonant (aspirated stop or voiceless fricative).  
* Postalveolars /tʃ⁼ tʃʰ ʃ ʒ/ are usually alveolopalatals [tɕ⁼ tɕʰ ɕ ʑ].
* /y/ is fully front [y̟], and stressed /i u/ are consistently tense [i u].


Should use a version the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə/ [ɤ], every stressed vowel is allophonically long when:
Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə/ [ɤ], every stressed vowel is allophonically long when:
* In stressed syllables before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ/, and also before /r/.  
* In stressed syllables before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ/, and also before /r/.  
* Before another vowel: so ''ņiăn'' 'things' is [ɲi:ən] while ''gŗien'' 'sun' is [k⁼ʑiən].
* Before another vowel: so ''ņiăn'' 'things' is [ɲi:ən] while ''gŗien'' 'sun' is [k⁼ʑiən].
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