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A circumflex accent over the ''y'' indicates that it is read as [i] even if it is in a position where it would be read as [ǝ], ex.: ''ŷthias'', "fish (pl.)" (IPA ['iθjas]).
A circumflex accent over the ''y'' indicates that it is read as [i] even if it is in a position where it would be read as [ǝ], ex.: ''ŷthias'', "fish (pl.)" (IPA ['iθjas]).
== Consonantic phonemes ==
==Consonantic phonemes==
Brythohellenic has the following consonantic phonemes:
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
!'''Phonemes'''
!'''Bilabial'''
!'''Labiodental'''
!'''Dental'''
!'''Alveolar'''
!'''Postalveolar'''
!'''Palatal'''
!'''Velar'''
!'''Glottal'''
|-
!'''Stop'''
|p b
|
|
|t d
|
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|k g
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|-
!'''Affricate'''
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|
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|-
!'''Nasal'''
|m
|(ɱ)
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|n
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|(ŋ)
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|-
!'''Fricative'''
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|f v
|θ ð
|s
|
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|(x)
|h
|-
!'''Approximant'''
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|r
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|j
|w
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|-
!'''Lateral approximant'''
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|l
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|}
In the South-Western area (our Cornwall) the digraph ''gh'' is pronounced as [x].
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