Antarctican: Difference between revisions

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→‎Consonants: Changed a restriction on the distribution of the palatalised labial approximant, which I realised was inconsistent with some of the morphophonology
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(→‎Consonants: Changed a restriction on the distribution of the palatalised labial approximant, which I realised was inconsistent with some of the morphophonology)
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*Consonants separated with a tilde (~) are not separate phonemes but are either allophones or in free variation e.g. /s ~ ts/ indicates that there is a single phoneme that can either be pronounced [s] or [ts]. The most common pronunciation is always listed first.
*Consonants separated with a tilde (~) are not separate phonemes but are either allophones or in free variation e.g. /s ~ ts/ indicates that there is a single phoneme that can either be pronounced [s] or [ts]. The most common pronunciation is always listed first.
*The velar nasals /kŋ/ and /ŋ/ never occur at the beginning of words.
*The velar nasals /kŋ/ and /ŋ/ never occur at the beginning of words.
*The palatalized labial approximant /ɥ/ can never occur before back vowels or low vowels.
*The phoneme /l/ is pronounced as a palatal lateral [ʎ] before a high vowel, [ɹ] before a vowel with tense voice (high vowels cannot have tense voice), and [l] elsewhere.
*The phoneme /l/ is pronounced as a palatal lateral [ʎ] before a high vowel, [ɹ] before a vowel with tense voice (high vowels cannot have tense voice), and [l] elsewhere.