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===Consonant harmony=== | ===Consonant harmony=== | ||
Natalician orthography reflects voice sandhi voicing, a form of consonant mutation with two consonants that meet, and the second is voiced and the first is unvoiced. The first unvoiced consonant {{IPA|[p t f ʃ t͡ʃ θ k s]}} is voiced to {{IPA|[b d v ʒ d͡ʒ ð ɡ z]}}, but the orthography remains unchanged: | Natalician orthography reflects voice sandhi voicing, a form of consonant mutation with two consonants that meet, and the second is voiced and the first is unvoiced. The first unvoiced consonant {{IPA|[p t f ʃ t͡ʃ θ k s]}} is voiced to {{IPA|[b d v ʒ d͡ʒ ð ɡ z]}}, but the orthography remains unchanged: | ||
* 'Kütdüs' (you drink) realises the /t/ as a /d/ due to the voiced consonant that follows. Hence, it will be /kydː.ys/. | * ''Kütdüs'' (you drink) realises the /t/ as a /d/ due to the voiced consonant that follows. Hence, it will be /kydː.ys/. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||