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# apart from when before velar consonants, /n/ has the allophone [ŋ] in coda positions following a back vowel or /a/. | # apart from when before velar consonants, /n/ has the allophone [ŋ] in coda positions following a back vowel or /a/. | ||
# /tˠ k ɫ/ may be unconditionally geminated | # /tˠ k ɫ/ may be unconditionally geminated depending on speaker such that they do not contrast with /tˠː kː ɫː/. | ||
# /b d ɡ/ may be unconditionally geminated | # /b d ɡ/ may be unconditionally geminated depending on speaker such that they do not contrast with /bː dː ɡː/. | ||
# the phonemic contrast between /tˠ(ː)/ (spelled ⟨b⟩) and /tˠː/ (spelled ⟨r̃⟩) has largely disappeared among younger speakers, merging both into either /tˠ/ or /tˠː/. Older speakers who still retain the distinction always pronounce /tˠ(ː)/ ⟨b⟩ as [tˠ] and /tˠː/ ⟨r̃⟩ as [tˠː]. | # the phonemic contrast between /tˠ(ː)/ (spelled ⟨b⟩) and /tˠː/ (spelled ⟨r̃⟩) has largely disappeared among younger speakers, merging both into either /tˠ/ or /tˠː/. Older speakers who still retain the distinction always pronounce /tˠ(ː)/ ⟨b⟩ as [tˠ] and /tˠː/ ⟨r̃⟩ as [tˠː]. | ||
# /ɡ/ is | # the pronunciation of /ɡ/ is highly unstable. If geminated, it is always velar [ɡː], but when not, /ɡ/ can vary between [ɟ] and [ɡ] depending on dialect, with some (such as the Smyrna dialects) even having both as allophones of each other in certain environments. | ||
# /e/ is realized as [e̝~ɪ]. | # /e/ is realized as [e̝~ɪ]. | ||
# /a aː/ are realized as [ɑ ɑː] near velarized consonants. | # /a aː/ are realized as [ɑ ɑː] near velarized consonants. | ||