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==== | ====Aspiration==== | ||
The 4 plosives, /t/, /d/, /k/ and /ɡ/, are | The 4 plosives, /t/, /d/, /k/ and /ɡ/, are aspirated into /tʰ/, /dʰ/, /kʰ/ and /ɡʰ/ intervocalic positions. {{Sidebar-At}} | ||
Aspiration only applies should the plosives occur as a coda, or onset in an unstressed syllable. This implies that any aspiration due to external sandhi, i.e. if the preceeding word ends with a vowel, is impossible. | |||
{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;" | {| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;" | ||
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<!-- Sentence --> | <!-- Sentence --> | ||
|'''a{{blue|d}} | |'''a{{blue|d}}ina''' | ||
! | ! | ||
|''' | |'''egta''' | ||
! | ! | ||
|''' | |'''ye{{blue|c}}ai''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
<!-- Pronunciation--> | <!-- Pronunciation--> | ||
| / | | /aˈdina/ → [aˈ{{blue|ð}}ina] | ||
! | ! | ||
|/ɛɡta/ → / | |/ɛɡta/ → /ɛɡta/ | ||
! | ! | ||
|/ˈjɛkai̩/ → | |/ˈjɛkai̩/ → [ˈjɛ{{blue|kʰai̩] | ||
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<!-- Translation --> | <!-- Translation --> | ||
| | | ''meal'' | ||
! | ! | ||
| | | ''door'' | ||
! | ! | ||
| | |''small eye; peeking Tom'' | ||
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