Pokht: Difference between revisions

/j w ɣ/ are all allophones of the phoneme /ğ/; its pronunciation varies on position. After vowels /u o ø/ at the end of a word, it extends the vowel and alternates between /j~w/ depending on the speaker, as in ''bokhtjoe'''ğ'''''. In the medial position of a compound word, it typically only extends the vowel and is unwritten, as in ''Pokhtj'''oe'''srenyeğ'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈb̥ɔxddʒøːˌsɽeɲə]]]. After word-final /e/, it simply turns /e/ into /ə/, as in ''srenye'''ğ''''' [[Help:IPA|[ˈsɾeɲə]]], though in some dialects it may also be pronounced with a /w/, hence the preservation of the letter. Before voiceless plosives it becomes /k/; before voiced, it becomes /g/. In either way, it is written ⟨g⟩. In all other places, it is pronounced as [[w:Voiced velar fricative|velar fricative]] /ɣ/.