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**Final ''h'' is silent unless before a vowel. ''th'' is pronounced even when final. | **Final ''h'' is silent unless before a vowel. ''th'' is pronounced even when final. | ||
**ŗ is /ʃ/ after voiceless consonants: סקר'יב ''scŗiv'' /skʃiv/ 'to write'. | **ŗ is /ʃ/ after voiceless consonants: סקר'יב ''scŗiv'' /skʃiv/ 'to write'. | ||
** Stop + fricative != affricate: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'י ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'י ''c̦i'' 'hunting hound; attack dog' (a Celtic | ** Stop + fricative != affricate: some minimal pairs are דר'עבאר ''dŗevăr'' 'sister' and ג'עבאר ''ģevăr'' 'winter'; תּר'י ''tŗi'' '3' and צ'י ''c̦i'' 'hunting hound; attack dog' (a loan from another Celtic language). | ||
** Voiceless stops (written פּ כּ תּ) are aspirated unless after a fricative, where they are written בּ ק ט. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech. | ** Voiceless stops (written פּ כּ תּ) are aspirated unless after a fricative, where they are written בּ ק ט. In Hebrew and Aramaic loans, this aspiration may be retained even after fricatives in careful speech. | ||
** ''t d n'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/. | ** ''t d n'' are dental and may be slightly velarized. In some dialects ''t'' may be a fricative /θ/. |
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