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All letters are pronounced as in Turkish, except: | All letters are pronounced as in Turkish, except: | ||
* '''e''' is always /ɛ/; | * '''e''' is always /ɛ/ [e̞ ~ ɛ], never /æ/; | ||
* '''r''' is /ɹ/; | * '''ı''' is typically [ə ~ ʌ̈]; | ||
* '''r''' is /ɹ/ or /ɻ/; | |||
* '''ŕ''' is /r/; | * '''ŕ''' is /r/; | ||
* '''ȼ''' is /ɬ/; | * '''ȼ''' is /ɬ/; | ||
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* '''ẓ''' is /ʒ/. | * '''ẓ''' is /ʒ/. | ||
The | The letters '''w''' /w/ and '''y''' /y/ are used in foreign words. In addition, educated speakers often make a distinction between the native phonemes '''h''' /h/ and '''k''' /k/, and the phonemes '''ḥ''' /x/ and '''ḳ''' /q/ respectively, which can be found in Eskimo and Salish loans. | ||
===Vowel harmony=== | ===Vowel harmony=== | ||