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# The /r/ phoneme may be realised as either an alveolar trill (r), a uvular trill (ʀ), a voiced uvular fricative (ʁ), or a voiceless uvular fricative (χ). | # The /r/ phoneme may be realised as either an alveolar trill (r), a uvular trill (ʀ), a voiced uvular fricative (ʁ), or a voiceless uvular fricative (χ). | ||
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The lack of a corresponding aspirated series in the dental stops is believed to have resulted from an earlier shift where the dental aspirate *'''tʰ''' became a dental lateral '''*ɬ̪ʰ''', which later simplified to the /ʃ/ of today. A similar process is believed to have happened with the voiced counterpart, ultimately merging with /z/. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||