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# apart from when before velar consonants, /n/ has the allophone [ŋ] in coda positions following a back vowel or /a/.

# /tˠ k ɫ/ may be unconditionally geminated by depending on speaker such that they do not contrast with /tˠː kː ɫː/.

# /tˠ k ɫ/ may be unconditionally geminated depending on speaker such that they do not contrast with /tˠː kː ɫː/.

# /b d ɡ/ may be unconditionally geminated ~~by older speakers~~ such that they do not contrast with /bː dː ɡː/.

# /b d ɡ/ may be unconditionally geminated depending on speaker such that they do not contrast with /bː dː ɡː/.

# the phonemic contrast between /tˠ(ː)/ (spelled ⟨b⟩) and /tˠː/ (spelled ⟨r̃⟩) has largely disappeared among younger speakers, merging both into either /tˠ/ or /tˠː/. Older speakers who still retain the distinction always pronounce /tˠ(ː)/ ⟨b⟩ as [tˠ] and /tˠː/ ⟨r̃⟩ as [tˠː].

# /ɡ/ is ~~allophonically pronounced as~~ [ɟ] ~~near front vowels~~.

# the pronunciation of /ɡ/ is highly unstable. If geminated, it is always velar [ɡː], but when not, /ɡ/ can vary between [ɟ] and [ɡ] depending on dialect, with some (such as the Smyrna dialects) even having both as allophones of each other in certain environments.

# /e/ is realized as [e̝~ɪ].

# /a aː/ are realized as [ɑ ɑː] near velarized consonants.

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! Feminine

| ~~ɛ́үqɛı~~ ''~~éntjei~~''

| ɛ́үqɛï ''éntjeï''

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| style="font-weight:normal;" | -(‛)ɛï ''-(h)eï''

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===Verbs===

Phrygian verbs maintain a more complex paradigm among the semitic languages, conjugating for:

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 # apart from when before velar consonants, /n/ has the allophone [ŋ] in coda positions following a back vowel or /a/.
-# /tˠ k ɫ/ may be unconditionally geminated by depending on speaker such that they do not contrast with /tˠː kː ɫː/.
+# /tˠ k ɫ/ may be unconditionally geminated depending on speaker such that they do not contrast with /tˠː kː ɫː/.
-# /b d ɡ/ may be unconditionally geminated by older speakers such that they do not contrast with /bː dː ɡː/.
+# /b d ɡ/ may be unconditionally geminated depending on speaker such that they do not contrast with /bː dː ɡː/.
 # the phonemic contrast between /tˠ(ː)/ (spelled ⟨b⟩) and /tˠː/ (spelled ⟨r̃⟩) has largely disappeared among younger speakers, merging both into either /tˠ/ or /tˠː/. Older speakers who still retain the distinction always pronounce /tˠ(ː)/ ⟨b⟩ as [tˠ] and /tˠː/ ⟨r̃⟩ as [tˠː].
-# /ɡ/ is allophonically pronounced as [ɟ] near front vowels.
+# the pronunciation of /ɡ/ is highly unstable. If geminated, it is always velar [ɡː], but when not, /ɡ/ can vary between [ɟ] and [ɡ] depending on dialect, with some (such as the Smyrna dialects) even having both as allophones of each other in certain environments.
 # /e/ is realized as [e̝~ɪ].
 # /a aː/ are realized as [ɑ ɑː] near velarized consonants.
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-| ɛ́үqɛı<br><span style="color:grey">''éntjei''</span>
+| ɛ́үqɛï<br><span style="color:grey">''éntjeï''</span>
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 | style="font-weight:normal;" | -(‛)ɛï<br><span style="color:grey">''-(h)eï''</span>
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 ===Verbs===
 Phrygian verbs maintain a more complex paradigm among the semitic languages, conjugating for: