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 *Initial I-, DI- (before vowels), G- (before front vowels) become /dʒ ~ ʒ/.
 **Shared with Catalan and Portuguese.
-**E.g. IUVENE(M) > ''joven'' /ˈdʒoven/ "young"
+**E.g. IUVENE(M) > ''joven'' /ˈdʒoven/ "young" (Catalan ''jove'', Portuguese ''jovem'' vs. Spanish ''joven'', Asturian ''xoven'', Galician ''xove'', Aragonese ''choven'')
 *Intervocalic -I-, -DI- become /j/.
 **Differs from Catalan and (sometimes) Galician/Portuguese.
-**E.g. MEDIUS > ''meyu'' /ˈmeju/ "half"
+**E.g. MAIORE(M) > ''mayor'' /maˈjor/ "bigger" (Spanish, Asturian ''mayor'', Galician/Portuguese ''maior'' vs Catalan ''major'').
-:::HODIE > ''wey'' /wej/ "today"
+:::HODIE > ''wey'' /wej/ "today" (Spanish ''hoy'', Asturian, Aragonese ''güe'', Catalan ''vui'' vs Portuguese ''hoje'', Galician ''hoxe'').
 *Diphthongization of stressed Ŏ & Ĕ to /we/ and /je/.
 **Shared with Aragonese, Astur-Leonese, Spanish (except before yod),Catalan (only before yod).
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 *Preservation of voiced fricatives/affricates.
 **Shared with Catalan, Portuguese, and Mirandese.
+*Preservation of the distinction between /b/ and /v/.
+**Shared with some varieties of Catalan and most varieties of Portuguese.
 *The following features are unique to Essanian among the Iberian Romance languages:
 **-ST- becomes /θ/.