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The fricatives /x/ is voiceless but become voiced in intervocalic position. For example, ''śax'' "berry" is pronounced [ˈɕax], but ''raxun'' [ˈra.ɣun] "great". However, geminate "x" does not undergo this lenition. Some consonants also become palatalized before and occassionally after front vowels: /k/, /x/ become [t͡ʃ] and [ʂ] respectively (/x/ can also become [ɕ] before /i/). The phoneme written "w" is usually pronounced [ʋ], but many dialects preserve an older pronunciation of [w], while those few, that have [f], change "w" to a fricative [v] and often devoice word-initially. | Geminate consonants can occur word-medially, but they are not separate phonemes and belong to different syllables. The fricatives /x/ is voiceless but become voiced in intervocalic position. For example, ''śax'' "berry" is pronounced [ˈɕax], but ''raxun'' [ˈra.ɣun] "great". However, geminate "x" does not undergo this lenition. Some consonants also become palatalized before and occassionally after front vowels: /k/, /x/ become [t͡ʃ] and [ʂ] respectively (/x/ can also become [ɕ] before /i/). The phoneme written "w" is usually pronounced [ʋ], but many dialects preserve an older pronunciation of [w], while those few, that have [f], change "w" to a fricative [v] and often devoice word-initially. | ||
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