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*Initial I-, DI- (before vowels), G- (before front vowels) become /dʒ ~ ʒ/. | *Initial I-, DI- (before vowels), G- (before front vowels) become /dʒ ~ ʒ/. | ||
**Shared with Catalan and Portuguese. | **Shared with Catalan and Portuguese. | ||
**E.g. | **E.g. IUVENE(M) > ''joven'' /ˈdʒoven/ "young" | ||
*Intervocalic -I-, -DI- become /j/. | *Intervocalic -I-, -DI- become /j/. | ||
**Differs from Catalan and (sometimes) Galician/Portuguese. | **Differs from Catalan and (sometimes) Galician/Portuguese. | ||
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*Insertion of (or, in some cases, preservation of) /j/ before or after a front vowel to avoid hiatus. | *Insertion of (or, in some cases, preservation of) /j/ before or after a front vowel to avoid hiatus. | ||
**Shared with Aragonese and some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | **Shared with Aragonese and some varieties of Astur-Leonese. | ||
*Dropping of final -U in | *Dropping of final -U(M) in many environments. | ||
**Shared with Catalan. | **Shared with Catalan. | ||
*Preservation of non-dropped final -U | *Preservation of non-dropped final -U(M) as /u/. | ||
**Shared with Astur-Leonese and Portuguese (though it is likely a secondary development in the latter). | **Shared with Astur-Leonese and Portuguese (though it is likely a secondary development in the latter). | ||
*Dropping of final -E in many environments. | *Dropping of final -E(M) in many environments. | ||
**Shared with Aragonese, Catalan, and (to some extent) Spanish. | **Shared with Aragonese, Catalan, and (to some extent) Spanish. | ||
*Preservation of voiced fricatives/affricates. | *Preservation of voiced fricatives/affricates. | ||