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**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: ''phó'' /pʰɔ/~/ɸɔ/ (along), ''kébhar'' /kɛˈbʱɑ˞/~/kɛˈβɑ˞/ (I will wash), ''tha'' /tʰä/~/θä/ (abstract "it"), ''dhaka'' /dʱɑkä/~/ðɑkä/ (abstract "that"). | *Aspiration/breathy voice: ''phó'' /pʰɔ/~/ɸɔ/ (along), ''kébhar'' /kɛˈbʱɑ˞/~/kɛˈβɑ˞/ (I will wash), ''tha'' /tʰä/~/θä/ (abstract "it"), ''dhaka'' /dʱɑkä/~/ðɑkä/ (abstract "that"). | ||
** | **Aspirated plosives of unstressed, schwa-syllables turn into the corresponding fricatives. In casual register, this happens with all unstressed syllables. ''dhoku'' /ðəˈkuˑ/ (head) | ||
*Nasalization: ''on'' /ə̃~ɘ̃/ (compare ''oń'' /ən/) when ''n'' in [[Sceptrian#Phonotactics|coda]] | *Nasalization: ''on'' /ə̃~ɘ̃/ (compare ''oń'' /ən/) when ''n'' in [[Sceptrian#Phonotactics|coda]] | ||
**Close vowels (u, o, ó and i) are always nasalized between two nasals and all vowels after short ng: ''mónge'' /mɔ̃ŋẽ/ (indeed), but nasalization does not occur with open vowels and long ''ńg'': ''dothé næńgé'' /dəˈθɛˑ næŋ:ɛˑ/ (O sweaty man!). | **Close vowels (u, o, ó and i) are always nasalized between two nasals and all vowels after short ng: ''mónge'' /mɔ̃ŋẽ/ (indeed), but nasalization does not occur with open vowels and long ''ńg'': ''dothé næńgé'' /dəˈθɛˑ næŋ:ɛˑ/ (O sweaty man!). | ||