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*h from Tigol h = /h/; h from Tigol ch = /x/; ħ is consistently /ħ/
*h from Tigol h = /h/; h from Tigol ch = /x/; ħ is consistently /ħ/


===Tumakan===
===Tùmaka===
The Tumakan dialect has a pitch accent system which may be the most complex in any Talman language: The vowel length distinction has turned into tone; it also uses definite suffixes which trigger tonal distinctions, giving 3 or 4 tonal distinctions in total.  
The Tùmakan dialect has a pitch accent system which may be the most complex in any Talman language: The vowel length distinction has turned into tone; it also uses definite suffixes which trigger tonal distinctions, giving 3 or 4 tonal distinctions in total.  


Tumakan uses an RP-type pronunciation for R-colored vowels:
Tùmakan uses an RP-type pronunciation for R-colored vowels:
*or, òr, ò /oː(ɹ)/
*or, òr, ò /oː(ɹ)/
*ar, àr, à /ɑː(ɹ)/
*ar, àr, à /ɑː(ɹ)/
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