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[n̪] is an allophone of /n/, usually pronounced at the end of a word, such as in ''jën'' [ˈɟɛ̂n̪] "language, speech". | [n̪] is an allophone of /n/, usually pronounced at the end of a word, such as in ''jën'' [ˈɟɛ̂n̪] "language, speech". [ð] is a lenited allophone of /d/, though where this lenition actually occurs depends on dialect. The general rule is that /d/ is lenited before or after an /e/ or diphthong ending in -/ɪ̯/, e.g. ''yeid'' [jeɪ̯ð] "legend (person)". | ||
Though in Old Izhkut /h/ was its own phoneme, /h/ merged into /x/ some time during the transition to modern Izhkut.{{efn|[[Pokht]] preserved the /x/-/h/ distinction well into the BH, though by circa 200 BH the influence of Izhkut colonialism had forced the merge into most Pokht dialects still spoken in Pokht.}} However, by the time of the development of Colonial dialects, /h/ reappeared as an allophone of /x/ after /ɛ/, /e/ and /i/(and later replaced /x/ as a whole). This allophonic use of /h/ seeped into Mainland dialects and eventually Standard Izhkut by 256 BH, and has remained a sanctioned part of Izhkut phonological rules to this day. | Though in Old Izhkut /h/ was its own phoneme, /h/ merged into /x/ some time during the transition to modern Izhkut.{{efn|[[Pokht]] preserved the /x/-/h/ distinction well into the BH, though by circa 200 BH the influence of Izhkut colonialism had forced the merge into most Pokht dialects still spoken in Pokht.}} However, by the time of the development of Colonial dialects, /h/ reappeared as an allophone of /x/ after /ɛ/, /e/ and /i/(and later replaced /x/ as a whole). This allophonic use of /h/ seeped into Mainland dialects and eventually Standard Izhkut by 256 BH, and has remained a sanctioned part of Izhkut phonological rules to this day. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Izhkut has a lot of vowels and diphthongs, most of which preserved from Old Izhkut. | Izhkut has a lot of vowels and diphthongs, most of which preserved from Old Izhkut. | ||