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=Phonology=
=Phonology=
==Consonants==
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{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;"
! style="text-align: center;"|Letters
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! style="text-align: center;"|Pronunciation
! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial
! style="text-align: center;"|Details
! style="width: 68px; " |Labio-dental
! style="width: 68px; " |Dental
! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolar
! style="width: 68px; " |Post-alveolar
! style="width: 68px; " |Retroflex
! style="width: 68px; " |Palatal
! style="width: 68px; " |Velar
! style="width: 68px; " |Uvular
! style="width: 68px; " |Pharyngeal
! style="width: 68px; " |Epiglottal
! style="width: 68px; " |Glottal
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|-
! style="" |Nasal
|a
| m
|[a]
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|From Post Modern English [ɪ], [ʌ]. NZE, SAE [ɘ], [ɐ~ä]
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| n
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|  
|  
|  
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! style="" |Plosive
|æ
| p, b
|[ɛ~e~ɪ]
|  
|From PME [au], [ei]. NZE [æe̯], [æɔ̯]
|  
| t, d
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| k, g
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! style="" |Fricative
|b
| f, v
|[b]
|  
| -
| θ, ð
| s, z
| ʃ, ʒ
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| h
|-
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! style="" |Affricate
|ch, c
|  
|[c~t͡ʃ~ɕ~t͡s]
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|Normally from loans or from PME '''[k + æ, e, u: (i)]''''
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| t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ
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! style="" |Approximant
|d
| ʋ~w
|[d]
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|Undergoes various forms of lenition intervocalically in some dialects. Sometimes from PME [t].
| ɹ
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| j
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| ''ʁ''
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
! style="" |Trill
|e
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|[e~ɛ]
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|From PME [æ]. NZE [ɛ].
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| ''r''
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|  
|  
|  
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! style="" |Flap or tap
|ei
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|[ɛi~ai]
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|From PME [i:]. NZE [ɘi̯], AUE [ɪi̯].
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| ''ɾ''
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|  
|  
|  
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! style="" |Lateral fric.
|f
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|[f]
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| -
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| ''ɬ~ɮ''
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|  
|  
|  
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! style="" |Lateral app.
|g
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|[g~ɣ]
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|Sometimes pronounced [ɣ] intervocalically.
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| l
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| ''ʟ''
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|  
|  
|  
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! style="" |Lateral flap
|h
|  
|[x~h~Ø]
|  
|Often dropped, although it varies from speaker to speaker.
|  
|-
| ''ɺ''
|i
|  
|[i~ɪ]
|  
|From PME [e]. NZE [e~ɪ]
|  
|-
|  
|j
|  
|[j]
|  
|Occasionally used where PME would use [lj].
|  
|-
|  
|l
|}
|[l]
 
| -
===Vowels===
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|m
! style="width: 90px; "|
|[m]
! style="width: 90px; " |Front
| -
! style="width: 90px; " |Near-front
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! style="width: 90px; " |Central
|n
! style="width: 90px; " |Near-back
|[n]
! style="width: 90px; " |Back
| -
|-
|o
|[ɔ~o]
|From PME [ai], [a:], [ɒ]. NZE [ɐe̯], [ɐː], [ɔ], SAE [ɐe̯] etc.
|-
|[ɜ~ø]
|From PME [oʊ], [ə~ɜ(r)]. AUE [əʉ̯~ɐʉ̯], [ɵː(ɹ)] NZE [ɑʉ̯], [ɵː(ɹ)].
|-
|øy
|[øy]
|From PME [oi].
|-
|p
|[p]
| -
|-
|r
|[ɹ]
|Rhotics normally not pronounced after vowels, but they do affect vowel quality with a slight [ə~a].
|-
|s
|[s]
|Sometimes from palatal fricatives and affricates in PME.
|-
|sh
|[ʃ~ɕ~s]
| -
|-
|t
|[t]
| -
|-
|-
! style="" |Close
|u
| '''i'''
|[u~ʊ~ʉ]
|  
|From PME [ɔː], [ʊ]. ANZE [oː], [ʊ].
| (u)
|
| '''u'''
|-
|-
! style="" |Near-close
|v
|  
|[v]
| (i)
|Often from PME [w]
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| (u)
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|-
|-
! style="" |Close-mid
|w
| '''ae'''
|[v~w]
|  
|Doesn't normally occur in contemporary Allas.
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|
| (o)
|-
|-
! style="" |Mid
|x
| '''e''' (ae)
|[ks~s]
|  
|Doesn't normally occur in contemporary Allas
|  
|
| '''o'''
|-
|-
! style="" |Open-mid
|y
| (e)
|[y~i~ʉ]
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|From PME [uː]. ANZE [ʉː].
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
! style="" |Near-open
|z
| (a)
|[z~s]
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|From PME [z~s]. Sometimes devoiced finally.
|  
|  
|  
|-
|-
! style="" |Open
|z
| (a)
|[(d)ʒ~ʑ]
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|Normally only from loanwords or some exceptional cases.
| '''a'''
| (a)
|  
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