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broad/slender is realized as Arabic emphatic/nonemphatic in broad speech (pun intended); no distinction between fortis and lenis resonants (literally called "broad speech" in Irish)
broad/slender is realized as Arabic emphatic/nonemphatic in broad speech (pun intended); no distinction between fortis and lenis resonants (literally called "broad speech" in Irish)


Schwa is lower than in native Irish accents, often ʌ, ɑ or ɛ; post-slender final ə = [æ] in extremely broad accents
Schwa is lower than in native Irish accents, often ʌ, ɑ, but word-finally after slender consonants, ɛ


broad dh = Arabic Zā' != broad gh = Arabic ghayn in very broad Majorcan Irish
broad dh = Arabic Zā' != broad gh = Arabic ghayn in very broad Majorcan Irish
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