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Obstruents are the most unstable aspect of Pangali's phonological inventory, with a total of nine different allophonic realizations based on stress alone.
Obstruents are the most unstable aspect of Pangali's phonological inventory, with a total of nine different allophonic realizations based on stress alone.
===== Sonorization =====
===== Sonorization =====
Plain voiceless obstruents become voiced in unstressed syllables when directly preceding an stressed syllable:
Standard Pangali: Plain voiceless obstruents become voiced in unstressed syllables when directly preceding an stressed syllable.
 
Luâi Pangali: Under the same conditions, plain obstruents are elided entirely. (Note: The resulting V.V remains if the vowels in question are different in quality, otherwise the second instance is also elided.)
{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; border: none; text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; border: none; text-align:center"
|-
|-
!Shift
!Shift
!Example
!Standard Pangali
!Shift
!Luâi Pangali
|-
|-
|/p/ → [b]
|/p/ → [b]
|/ʔu'''p'''a/ → [ˈʔu.'''b'''a]
|/ʔu'''p'''a/ → [ˈʔu.'''b'''a]
|/p/ → Ø
|[ˈʔu.'''b'''a] → [ˈhu̯a]
|-
|-
|/t/ → [d]
|/t/ → [d]
|/ʃuwu'''t'''uwi/ → [ʃuˈgʷu.'''d'''u.wi]
|/ʃuwu'''t'''uwi/ → [ʃuˈgʷu.'''d'''u.wi]
|/t/ → Ø
|[ʃuˈgʷu.'''d'''u.wi] → [uˈgʷu]
|-
|-
|/k/ → [g]
|/k/ → [g]
|/ⁿta'''k'''u/ → [ˈⁿta.'''g'''u]
|/ⁿta'''k'''u/ → [ˈⁿta.'''g'''u]
|/k/ → Ø
|[ˈⁿta.'''g'''u]→ [ˈn̩.tau̯]
|-
|-
|/s/ → [z]
|/s/ → [z]
|/ka'''s'''u/ → [ˈka.'''z'''u]
|/ka'''s'''u/ → [ˈka.'''z'''u]
|/s/ → Ø
|[ˈka.'''z'''u]→ [ˈkau̯]
|-
|-
|/ʃ/ → [ʒ]
|/ʃ/ → [ʒ]
|/wa'''ʃ'''uʔuwi/ → [wa.'''ʒ'''ʉˈʔu.wi]
|/wa'''ʃ'''uʔuwi/ → [wa.'''ʒ'''ʉˈʔu.wi]
|/ʃ/ → Ø
|[wa.'''ʒ'''ʉˈʔu.wi]/ → [ou̯ˈhu]
|-
|-
|}
|}
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