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"What if An Yidish was even more Scottish/Mandarin" --- include the Icelandic-ish stops -rt = [ʂʈ], etc. so Hanukkah = */'χanɪhkə/ > ['χanɪçkə] | "What if An Yidish was even more Scottish/Mandarin" --- include the Icelandic-ish stops -rt = [ʂʈ], etc. so Hanukkah = */'χanɪhkə/ > ['χanɪçkə] | ||
* /tʰ/ת is usually [θ] | |||
* /s/ is lamino-dental | |||
* /t⁼ ts⁼/ consistently become [ð z] after a vowel when not immediately followed by an underlyingly voiceless consonant (aspirated stop or voiceless fricative). | |||
* Postalveolars /tʃ⁼ tʃʰ ʃ ʒ/ are usually alveolopalatals [tɕ⁼ tɕʰ ɕ ʑ]. | |||
* /y/ is fully front [y̟], and stressed /i u/ are consistently tense [i u]. | |||
Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə/ [ɤ], every stressed vowel is allophonically long when: | |||
* In stressed syllables before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ/, and also before /r/. | * In stressed syllables before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ/, and also before /r/. | ||
* Before another vowel: so ''ņiăn'' 'things' is [ɲi:ən] while ''gŗien'' 'sun' is [k⁼ʑiən]. | * Before another vowel: so ''ņiăn'' 'things' is [ɲi:ən] while ''gŗien'' 'sun' is [k⁼ʑiən]. |
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