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=== Allophonic Variation === | === Allophonic Variation === | ||
==== Obstruent Sonorization | ==== Obstruent Lenition ==== | ||
Nonprenasalized obstruents | Obstruents are the most unstable aspect of Pangali's phonological inventory, with a total of nine different allophonic realizations based on stress alone. | ||
=== Sonorization === | |||
Nonprenasalized obstruents sonorize to their voiced counterparts in unstressed syllables when directly adjacent to a stressed syllable: | |||
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=== Opening === | |||
If not directly adjacent to a stressed syllable, stops spirantize and the original fricatives debuccalize: | If not directly adjacent to a stressed syllable, stops spirantize and the original fricatives debuccalize: | ||
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