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 Note that medial ''b, d, g,'' /b, d, g/ had the allophonic values [β, ɣ, ð] between vowels.
-''h'' did not voice to ''g'' /g/ [ɣ] because it was a glottal fricative [h], not [x]. It remained unchanged except syllable-finally when it elided with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel.
+''h'' did not voice to ''g'' because it was a glottal fricative [h], not [x]. It remained unchanged except syllable-finally when it elided with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel.
-''g'' did not devoice to ''h'' /h/, but to a velar fricative [x], transcribed here as ''χ''.
+''g'' devoiced to a velar fricative [x], transcribed here as ''χ''.
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