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The [[w:Bilabial fricative|bilabial fricatives]] /ɸ β/ were fronted to [[w:Labiodental fricative|labiodental]] /f v/ in most descendants of Old Izhkut; however, some eastern [[Pokht]] varieties still preserve the original bilabial fricatives. Bilabial fricatives also appear in [[Colonial Izhkut]] as so-called "L-allophones"; as in, they appear as allophones of /f v/ before [[w:Lateral approximant|lateral approximants]]. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
! colspan=2 | !! Front !! Back | ! colspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | Front !! Back | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | Close | ! colspan=2 | Close | ||
| i || u | | colspan=2 | i || u | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | Mid | ! rowspan=2 | Mid | ||
! Close-mid | ! Close-mid | ||
| e || o | | e || ø || o | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Open-mid | ! Open-mid | ||
| ɛ || | | colspan=2 | ɛ || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan=2 | Open | ! colspan=2 | Open | ||
| || ɑ | | colspan=2 | || ɑ | ||
|} | |} | ||
/ø/ was an unstable vowel in Old Izhkut and was dropped in most descendants of Old Izhkut. | |||
[[Category:Old Izhkut]] [[Category:Radael]] [[Category:Taskaric languages]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Old Izhkut]] [[Category:Radael]] [[Category:Taskaric languages]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Conlangs]] | ||