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* /t⁼ t͡s⁼/ consistently become [ð z] after a vowel when not immediately followed by an underlyingly voiceless consonant (aspirated stop or voiceless fricative). | * /t⁼ t͡s⁼/ consistently become [ð z] after a vowel when not immediately followed by an underlyingly voiceless consonant (aspirated stop or voiceless fricative). | ||
* Postalveolars /t͡ʃ⁼ t͡ʃʰ ʃ ʒ/ are usually alveolopalatals [t͡ɕ⁼ t͡ɕʰ ɕ ʑ]. | * Postalveolars /t͡ʃ⁼ t͡ʃʰ ʃ ʒ/ are usually alveolopalatals [t͡ɕ⁼ t͡ɕʰ ɕ ʑ]. | ||
* /y/ is fully front [y̟], and stressed /i u/ are consistently tense [i u]. /e o ej ow/ are open /ɛ ɔ ɛj ɔw/. Stressed /ə/ is [ø]. | * /y/ is fully front [y̟] unless adjacent to /r/, and stressed /i u/ are consistently tense [i u]. /e o ej ow/ are open /ɛ ɔ ɛj ɔw/. Stressed /ə/ is [ø]. | ||
* /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). ''üe'' doesn't exist in Cualand, as it came from a hiatus: 'spirit' is ''rü·ăch'' /ry.əx/ [ry | * 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). ''üe'' doesn't exist in Cualand, as it came from a hiatus: 'spirit' is ''rü·ăch'' /ry.əx/ [ry:.əx] rather than ''rüech'' /ryəx/ as in Irtan Ăn Yidiș. | ||
* Before a morpheme boundary, so מחיצה ''măchiță'' 'mechitza' is [mə'xiçt͡s⁼ə] while איצא ''i·ță'' 'eaten' is ['i:çt͡s⁼ə]. | * Before a morpheme boundary, so מחיצה ''măchiță'' 'mechitza' is [mə'xiçt͡s⁼ə] while איצא ''i·ță'' 'eaten' is ['i:çt͡s⁼ə]. | ||