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* /ŋ/ is an allophone of /n/ before /k, g/. | * /ŋ/ is an allophone of /n/ before /k, g/. | ||
* /x/ is an allophone of /ɣ/ before /t/. | * /x/ is an allophone of /ɣ/ before /t/. | ||
====''gh'' /ɣ/==== | |||
The phoneme /ɣ/, written ''gh'', has several allophonic variants, depending on its position. It is: | |||
* /ɣ/ in word-final position and between vowels, e.g. ''hógh'' "hill" /hoːɣ/, ''borgh'' "fort" /borɣ/, ''dagher'' "days" /daɣər/ | |||
* /x/ before /t/, e.g. ''floght'' "flutter" /floxt/, ''láght'' "low" (neut.) /laxt/. | |||
* /Ø/ (zero) before a consonant, causing the following vowel to lengthen when short, e.g. ''laghman'' "lawyer" /laːmən/, ''boghskot'' "bowshot" /boːskot/. | |||
==Stress== | ==Stress== | ||