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* some Slavic-like and Polish-like sound changes, like Old Irish palatalized c > /tʃʰ/, etc. | * some Slavic-like and Polish-like sound changes, like Old Irish palatalized c > /tʃʰ/, etc. | ||
* almost complete loss of the fortis-lenis distinction in resonants in most dialects. | * almost complete loss of the fortis-lenis distinction in resonants in most dialects. | ||
** The now almost extinct conservative Alpine dialect preserves Old Irish fortis unpalatalized ''n'' /n̪ˠ/, fortis unpalatalized r /rˠ/ and palatalized ''l'' /ʎ/, written as נּ רּ לּ. These are found word-initially in native but not Semitic vocabulary, e.g. נּאי /n̪ˠʌj/ 'nine' (Standard נעי /nej/ ''ney''), and are retained non-initially in Semitic words as well: חנּה /'xaun̪ˠə/ 'Chana (Hannah)' (Standard /'χanə/ ''Chană''), תּפילּה | ** The now almost extinct conservative Alpine dialect preserves Old Irish fortis unpalatalized ''n'' /n̪ˠ/, fortis unpalatalized r /rˠ/ and palatalized ''l'' /ʎ/, written as נּ רּ לּ. These are found word-initially in native but not Semitic vocabulary, e.g. נּאי /n̪ˠʌj/ 'nine' (Standard נעי /nej/ ''ney''), and are retained non-initially in Semitic words as well: חנּה /'xaun̪ˠə/ 'Chana (Hannah)' (Standard /'χanə/ ''Chană''), תּפילּה [tfːiʎə] 'prayer' (Standard ''tfilă'' [tfːɪlə]). In these dialects, כּלּה /ˈkʰaʎə/ 'bride' does not sound like the reflex of the Irish word ''caile'' 'maidservant' which has ''l'' /l/ instead. | ||
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