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/dʒ/ is devoiced in word-initial and word-final positions, such as '''''tj'''oell'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈtʃøɫ]]] "blue" or ''mala'''tj''''' [[Help:IPA|[ˈmɑlɑtʃ]]] "gourd". In word-medial places, it is always voiced and additionally typically geminated, specifically after [[w:Velar consonant|velar]] [[w:Obstruent consonant|obstruents]] /k g x ɣ/ and the nasal /n/ (which is always palatalised before /c dʒ/), such as in ''brihṇdag'''tj'''eğ'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈb̥ɽihn̩dɑgddʒə(w)]]] "euphemistic" and ''bin'''tj'''im'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈb̥iɲddʒim]]] "he hops". | /dʒ/ is devoiced in word-initial and word-final positions, such as '''''tj'''oell'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈtʃøɫ]]] "blue" or ''mala'''tj''''' [[Help:IPA|[ˈmɑlɑtʃ]]] "gourd". In word-medial places, it is always voiced and additionally typically geminated, specifically after [[w:Velar consonant|velar]] [[w:Obstruent consonant|obstruents]] /k g x ɣ/ and the nasal /n/ (which is always palatalised before /c dʒ/), such as in ''brihṇdag'''tj'''eğ'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈb̥ɽihn̩dɑgddʒə(w)]]] "euphemistic" and ''bin'''tj'''im'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈb̥iɲddʒim]]] "he hops". | ||
/l ɫ/ are contrastive everywhere except initial positions where only /l/ occurs, so ''tjoe'''l''''' [[Help:IPA|[ˈtʃøl]]] "while" contrasts with ''tjoe'''ll''''' [[Help:IPA|[ˈtʃøɫ]]] "blue" | /l ɫ/ are contrastive everywhere except initial positions where only /l/ occurs, so ''tjoe'''l''''' [[Help:IPA|[ˈtʃøl]]] "while" contrasts with ''tjoe'''ll''''' [[Help:IPA|[ˈtʃøɫ]]] "blue". | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||