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== Phonological history of consonants == | == Phonological history of consonants == | ||
=== R vs. r === | === R vs. r === | ||
2i3rāb in an earlier stage gave rise to a phonemic split between emphatic and nonemphatic r. Final -r became nonemphatic in nouns and adjectives (from -ri) but emphatic in verbs (from -ru and -ra) and later in verbal nouns by analogy. | |||
=== Emphasis spread === | === Emphasis spread === | ||