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*Lateral (release): ''plo'' /pˡə/, ''tla'' /tˡä/ | *Lateral (release): ''plo'' /pˡə/, ''tla'' /tˡä/ | ||
**Western dialects keep the tongue on the alveolar ridge during vowel pronunciation so that the vowels have a distinct l-sound. Historically, this may have lead to the syllabic l. | **Western dialects keep the tongue on the alveolar ridge during vowel pronunciation so that the vowels have a distinct l-sound. Historically, this may have lead to the syllabic l. | ||
*Aspiration/breathy voice: ''pho'' /pʰə/ | *Aspiration/breathy voice: ''pho'' /pʰə/~/ɸə/, ''bho'' /bʱə/~/βə/, ''tha'' /tʰä/~/θä/, ''dha'' /dʱä/~/ðɑ/. | ||
** | **In casual register, aspirated plosives of unstressed syllables turn into the corresponding fricatives as shown above. | ||
*Nasalization: ''on'' /ə̃ | *Nasalization: ''on'' /ə̃~ɘ̃/ (compare ''oń'' /ən/) | ||
**Close vowels (u, o, ó and i) are always nasalized between two nasals and all vowels after short ng: ''mónge'' /mɔ̃ŋẽ/, but nasalization does not occur with open vowels and long ńg: ''nańge'' /näŋ:e/. | **Close vowels (u, o, ó and i) are always nasalized between two nasals and all vowels after short ng: ''mónge'' /mɔ̃ŋẽ/, but nasalization does not occur with open vowels and long ńg: ''nańge'' /näŋ:e/. | ||
*Rhotacization: ''or'' /ɚ/, '' | *Rhotacization: ''or'' /ɚ/, ''ar'' /ä˞/ (compare''oŕ'' /ər/~/r/ and ''aŕ'' /är/) | ||
**Nasalization does not occur simultaneously with rhoticization, except in Faanish dialect (near the border of Negovia): ''karon'' → ''karn'' /kæ̃˞/ | **Nasalization does not occur simultaneously with rhoticization, except in Faanish dialect (near the border of Negovia): ''karon'' → ''karn'' /kæ̃˞/ | ||