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Although voiced stops disappeared as phonemes early in the history of Shaj, they appear as allophones of other phonemes. Voiced stops are in free variation with their voiceless counterparts, except when beginning a word, or following /l/ or a nasal, in which case they are voiceless, and maybe aspirated. Voiced stops also occur in free variation with their voiced fricative counterparts when beginning a word, or following /l/ or a nasal. Otherwise, they are fricative. Voiced stops in loanwords are substituted by voiceless plosives. | Although voiced stops disappeared as phonemes early in the history of Shaj, they appear as allophones of other phonemes. Voiced stops are in free variation with their voiceless counterparts, except when beginning a word, or following /l/ or a nasal, in which case they are voiceless, and maybe aspirated. Voiced stops also occur in free variation with their voiced fricative counterparts when beginning a word, or following /l/ or a nasal. Otherwise, they are fricative. Voiced stops in loanwords are substituted by voiceless plosives. | ||
=====Examples of Voiced Stops===== | =====Examples of Voiced Stops===== | ||
/ | /velʃɑĭ/ = [βelʃɑĭ] or [belʃɑĭ] | ||
/ | /nɑmvellet̪/ = [nɑmβellet] or [nɑmbellet̪] | ||
/ | /pɑnðriʒen/ = [pɑnðriʒen] or [pɑndriʒen], but not [bɑnðridʒen] | ||
/ʒaɣ/ = [ʒax] or [dʒax] | /ʒaɣ/ = [ʒax] or [dʒax] | ||
/ | /tʃɑrpel/ = [tʃɑrpel] or [tʃɑrbel], but not [dʒɑrpel] or [dʒɑrbel] | ||
/ | /ɣɑləm/ = [ɣɑləm] or [ɡɑləm] | ||
/ | /kɑmpel/ = [kɑmpel], but not [ɡɑmbel] | ||
====Gemination==== | ====Gemination==== |
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