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[ɲ] and [ŋ] are allophones of /n/, for before /e~i/ and before /k/ or /g/ respectively. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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====Dipthongs==== | |||
In Japanese, /ou/ monophthongises to form a long /oː/. This rule does not occur in Nantai, so おう(''ou'') is pronounced [oʊ̯], not /oː/. In the now extinct Eastern Tochigi dialect, /ou/ was pronounced [joː], trading dipthongisation for initial palatalisation. | |||
====Nasalisation==== | ====Nasalisation==== | ||
When an alveolar nasal consonant(/n/) is after a vowel, the vowel is nasalised and the consonant is no longer pronounced, e.g. /a/ + /n/ → /an/ → /ã/. | When an alveolar nasal consonant(/n/) is after a vowel, the vowel is nasalised and the consonant is no longer pronounced, e.g. /a/ + /n/ → /an/ → /ã/. | ||
Nasalised vowels are still considered vowels, so the VCV rule still applies, e.g. /ṼtṼ/ would still become /ṼdṼ/, with /Ṽ/ representing any nasalised vowel. | Nasalised vowels are still considered vowels, so the VCV rule still applies, e.g. /ṼtṼ/ would still become /ṼdṼ/, with /Ṽ/ representing any nasalised vowel. | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||
====Pitch-accent==== | ====Pitch-accent==== | ||
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| colspan=2 | に<br>''ni'' || In, at, on, during, etc. | | colspan=2 | に<br>''ni'' || In, at, on, during, etc. | ||
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| へ<br>written ''he'', pronounced [ɛ]. || | | へ<br>written ''he'', pronounced [ɛ]. ||ゐ<br>''į''<br>[i], [ehi~ehe]<ref name="shirane"></ref>|| To, towards, for | ||
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