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===Epenthesis=== | ===Epenthesis=== | ||
Epenthetic unwritten vowels are found in most dialects in virtually every word-final written cluster, except for nasal+stop ones, where only the nasal is pronounced<ref>In some cases, the consonant is still analyzed as a phoneme in those words due to it appearing when inflected. In others, themselves inflections, the consonant never appears and is only written because of etymological spelling.</ref>. The epenthetic vowel is always unstressed and of the same quality of the preceding vowel. They are not analyzed as phonemic. | Epenthetic unwritten vowels are found in most dialects in virtually every word-final written cluster, except for nasal+stop ones, where only the nasal is pronounced<ref>In some cases, the consonant is still analyzed as a phoneme in those words due to it appearing when inflected. In others, themselves inflections, the consonant never appears and is only written because of etymological spelling.</ref>, with the exception of ''nunc'' and demonstratives ending in ''-nc'', which also have epenthesis. The epenthetic vowel is always unstressed and of the same quality of the preceding vowel. They are not analyzed as phonemic. | ||
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* ''punyt'' "point" {{IPA|/puɲt/ [puɲ]}} (cf. ''punytus'' "points" {{IPA|/ˈpuɲtus/ [ˈpunʲtʲʉs]}}) | * ''punyt'' "point" {{IPA|/puɲt/ [puɲ]}} (cf. ''punytus'' "points" {{IPA|/ˈpuɲtus/ [ˈpunʲtʲʉs]}}) | ||
* ''voḍunt'' "they go" {{IPA|/ˈvɔðun/ [ˈvɔðun]}} | * ''voḍunt'' "they go" {{IPA|/ˈvɔðun/ [ˈvɔðun]}} | ||
* ''nunc'' "now" {{IPA|/ˈnunk/ [ˈnunuk]}} | |||
Note, as for {{IPA|/nC/}} finals, that ''adrint'' "close to" does have a pronounced {{IPA|[t]}} when before the indefinite articles ''un'' and ''una''. | Note, as for {{IPA|/nC/}} finals, that ''adrint'' "close to" does have a pronounced {{IPA|[t]}} when before the indefinite articles ''un'' and ''una''. | ||