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* /r/ is more consistently a trill or flap
* /r/ is more consistently a trill or flap
* /tʰ/ is usually [θ]
* /tʰ/ is usually [θ]
* /s/ is lamino-dental
* /s ts⁼ tsʰ/ is lamino-dental
* /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].
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* 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: רוּח 'spirit' is ''rü·ăch'' /ry.əx/ [ry:.əx] rather than ''rüech'' /ryəx/ as in Irtan Ăn Yidiș.
* 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: רוּח '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.


Unstressed vowels are pronounced more like they are in Scottish Gaelic: זעראק 'red' is ['t͡s⁼ɛ:ɾag]
Unstressed vowels are pronounced more like they are in Scottish Gaelic: זעראק 'red' is ['t͡s⁼ɛ:ɾag]
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