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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Allophony===
Aspiration is in free variation; it does not determine another phoneme. Palatalization has created related pairs of words with c, k, and x and is responsible for creating the /ʃ/ phoneme from /sk/. N is pronounced /ŋ/ before k while ng simplifies to /ŋ/. Æ-Tensing is a process by which the vowel /æ/ found in Evonish is raised and lengthened to produce /æ̝ˑ/ before a nasal consonant, yet this is merely an allophone and may be ignored.
Aspiration is in free variation meaning it does not determine another phoneme. N is pronounced /ŋ/ before k or g. "Hr" which appears in the initial position of some words is pronounced /ɾ/, although it is oft mistakenly pronounced /hɹ/.
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Parenthesis indicate allophones.
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! scope="col" style="width: 66px; text-align: center; "|Bilabial
! scope="col" style="width: 66px; text-align: center; "|Bilabial
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| style="text-align: center;"|/p/ /b/
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| style="text-align: center;"|t d
| style="text-align: center;"|/t/ /d/
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| style="text-align: center;"|k g
| style="text-align: center;"|/k/ /g/
| style="text-align: center;"|ʔ
| style="text-align: center;"|/ʔ/
! style="text-align: center; "|Plosive
! style="text-align: center; "|Plosive
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| style="text-align: center;"|f v
| style="text-align: center;"|/f/ /v/
| style="text-align: center;"|θ ð
| style="text-align: center;"|/θ/ /ð/
| style="text-align: center;"|s z
| style="text-align: center;"|/s/ /z/
| style="text-align: center;"|ʃ ʒ
| style="text-align: center;"|/ʃ/ /ʒ/
| style="text-align: center;"|ç
| style="text-align: center;"|/ç/
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| style="text-align: center;"|x
| style="text-align: center;"|/x/
| style="text-align: center;"|h
| style="text-align: center;"|/h/
! style="text-align: center; "|Fricative
! style="text-align: center; "|Fricative
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| style="text-align: center;" colspan="3"|ɹ
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="3"|/ɹ/
| style="text-align: center;"|j
| style="text-align: center;"|/j/
| style="text-align: center;"|ʍ w
| style="text-align: center;"|/ʍ/ /w/
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| style="text-align: center;" colspan="3"|ɾ
| style="text-align: center;" colspan="3"|/ɾ/
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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
The following table includes the rhotic vowels as well.
Parenthesis indicate allophones. The following table includes the rhotic vowels as well.
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| style="text-align: center;"|/æ/
| style="text-align: center;"|/æ/ (æ̝ˑ)
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! style="text-align: center; "|Open
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===Palatalization===
This sound change creates related pairs of words with c, k, and x and is responsible for creating the /ʃ/ phoneme.


==Writing==
==Writing==
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