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/h/ can occur in the coda of stressed syllables. It's realisation depends on the phonation of the previous vowel, but is always pharyngeal.
/h/ can occur in the coda of stressed syllables. It's realisation depends on the phonation of the previous vowel, but is always pharyngeal.


If the stressed vowel has breathy phonation, the /h/ manifests itself as a voiced pharyngeal fricative [ħ] e.g. /à̤h/ - "question" is pronounced [à̤ʕ]. Compare /ŋà̤/ - "fish" which is pronounced [ŋà̤].
If the stressed vowel has breathy phonation, the /h/ manifests itself as a voiced pharyngeal fricative [ʕ] e.g. /à̤h/ - "question" is pronounced [à̤ʕ]. Compare /ŋà̤/ - "fish" which is pronounced [ŋà̤].


If the stressed vowel has glottalised phonation, the /h/ manifests itself as a pharyngeal stop [ʡ] e.g. /dáʔh/ - "darkness" is pronounced [dáʡ].
If the stressed vowel has glottalised phonation, the /h/ manifests itself as a pharyngeal stop [ʡ] e.g. /dáʔh/ - "darkness" is pronounced [dáʡ].

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