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→‎Cualand Ăn Yidiș: yə doesn't exist in Cualand ĂnY, it came from hiatus
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* /χ ʁ/ are velar [x ɣ].
* /χ ʁ/ are velar [x ɣ].


Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə /, every stressed vowel is allophonically long when:
Cualand Ăn Yidiș has a version of the Scots vowel length system: except for stressed /ə iə uə/, every stressed vowel is allophonically long when:
* Before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ, ʁ/, and also before /r/.  
* Before voiced fricatives, namely /v, ð, z, ʑ, ʁ/, and also before /r/.  
* Before another vowel: פיאך ''fi·ăch'' 'raven' ['fi:əx] vs. פיעך ''fiech'' 'debt; worthy' [fiəx] (homophonous in Irtan Ăn Cayzăn, and both written פיעך in Irta).
* Before another vowel: פיאך ''fi·ăch'' 'raven' ['fi:əx] vs. פיעך ''fiech'' 'debt; worthy' [fiəx] (homophonous in Irtan Ăn Cayzăn, and both written פיעך in Irta).
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