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* a kind of "broad/slender" distinction in consonants (emphatic/nonemphatic in Arabic, velarized/palatalized in Irish) | * a kind of "broad/slender" distinction in consonants (emphatic/nonemphatic in Arabic, velarized/palatalized in Irish) | ||
* vowel length | * vowel length | ||
* diphthongs /ej~aj/ and /ew~aw/ | * has at least /a i u a: i: u:/, and diphthongs /ej~aj/ and /ew~aw/ | ||
* lack (Arabic) or rarity (Irish) of /p/ in native vocabulary | * lack (Arabic) or rarity (Irish) of /p/ in native vocabulary | ||
* many fricative consonant phonemes, including back fricatives /x {{gh}} h/ | * many fricative consonant phonemes, including back fricatives /x {{gh}} h/ | ||