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==Dialectal features== | ==Dialectal features== | ||
===Phonology=== | ===Phonology=== | ||
====Vowels==== | |||
*Preserving ''e'' and ''o'' as shortened variants of ''ē'' and ''ō''. | *Preserving ''e'' and ''o'' as shortened variants of ''ē'' and ''ō''. | ||
*Umlaut of ''ā'' into /ɛː/ in certain circumstances. | *Umlaut of ''ā'' into /ɛː/ in certain circumstances. | ||
*Preservation of original /ɛː/ and/or /ɔː/ (merged with ''ā'' in standard language). | |||
*Merger of original /ɛː/ and/or /ɔː/ into ''ē'' or ''ō'' respectively instead of ''ā''. | |||
====Consonants==== | |||
*Unconditional sound change /p/ > /f/. | *Unconditional sound change /p/ > /f/. | ||
*Unconditional change /v/ > /b/ or /w/. | *Unconditional change /v/ > /b/ or /w/. | ||
*Pronunciation of ''ḅ'' as non-emphatic /b/ or /p/. | *Pronunciation of ''ḅ'' as non-emphatic /b/ or /p/. | ||
*Maintaining a distinction between ''ḵꞌ'' and ''ḫ'', and between ''ḡ'' and ''ġ''. In both sets, the first of the set is velar and the second is uvular. | |||
*Merging of ''ō'' and/or ''ē'' into ''ā''. | |||
*Lack of emphaticness in /x/. | |||
*Spread of emphaticness to syllables adjacent to an emphatic consonant/vowel or even the whole word. | |||
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*Preservation of glottalized consonants from original PIE voiced stops.--> | *Preservation of glottalized consonants from original PIE voiced stops.--> | ||