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|ancestor3=Archaic Old Koṭärt | |ancestor3=Archaic Old Koṭärt | ||
|ancestor4=Mainlands Old Koṭärt | |ancestor4=Mainlands Old Koṭärt | ||
|stand1=Koṭärt-Weśte Standard Academic dialect | |stand1=Koṭärt-Weśte Standard Academic dialect (previously) | ||
|dia1=Koṭärt dialect cluster | |dia1=Koṭärt dialect cluster | ||
|dia2=Koṭärt-Western dialect cluster | |dia2=Koṭärt-Western dialect cluster | ||
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* Certain consonants can be prolonged, and some plosives can be pronounced with no audible release at the end of words (with the following word starting with a consonant) or in the clusters in the syllable's coda. | * Certain consonants can be prolonged, and some plosives can be pronounced with no audible release at the end of words (with the following word starting with a consonant) or in the clusters in the syllable's coda. | ||
* The pronunciation of /[[w:Voiceless palatal plosive|c]]~[[w:Palatalization|k̟ʲ]]/ varies, the forms [[[w:Voiceless palatal plosive|c]]], [[[w:Palatalization|k̟ʲ]]] and [c̠] oftenly coexist and are dependent on the speaker. Historically it derives from Old Koṭärt /[[w:Palatalization|kʲ]]/ | * The pronunciation of /[[w:Voiceless palatal plosive|c]]~[[w:Palatalization|k̟ʲ]]/ varies, the forms [[[w:Voiceless palatal plosive|c]]], [[[w:Palatalization|k̟ʲ]]] and [c̠] oftenly coexist and are [[w:Free variation|dependent on the speaker]]. Historically it derives from Old Koṭärt /[[w:Palatalization|kʲ]]/ | ||
* [[[w:Voiced retroflex approximant|ɻ]]] is usually an [[w:Allophone|allophone]] of /[[w:Voiced alveolar approximant|ɹ]]/ around retroflex consonants. However some speakers always pronounce /ɹ/ as [ɻ]. | * [[[w:Voiced retroflex approximant|ɻ]]] is usually an [[w:Allophone|allophone]] of /[[w:Voiced alveolar approximant|ɹ]]/ around retroflex consonants. However some speakers always pronounce /ɹ/ as [ɻ]. | ||
* [[[w:Voiced velar fricative|ɣ]]] is an allophone of /[[w:Voiced velar approximant|ɰ]]/ when followed by /i/ or /y/. /ɰ/ is a result of a sound change from Old Koṭärt to Modern Koṭärt and appears in a Koṭärt-Weśte Standard dialect, as an example. | * [[[w:Voiced velar fricative|ɣ]]] is an allophone of /[[w:Voiced velar approximant|ɰ]]/ when followed by /i/ or /y/. /ɰ/ is a result of a sound change from Old Koṭärt to Modern Koṭärt and appears in a Koṭärt-Weśte Standard dialect, as an example. | ||
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* /[[w:Mid front rounded vowel|ø̞]]/ can have different phonetic values, depending on a dialect, and even speaker's idiolect | * /[[w:Mid front rounded vowel|ø̞]]/ can have different phonetic values, depending on a dialect, and even [[w:Free variation|speaker's idiolect]], it may be realised as [[[w:Mid front rounded vowel|ø̞]]], [[[w:Close-mid central rounded vowel|ɵ]]], or [[[w:Mid central rounded vowel|ɵ̞]]]. | ||
* [[[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]], in addition to its role as a phoneme, is an allophone of /[[w:Open front unrounded vowel|a]]/ when unstressed, however [[[w:Near-open central vowel|ɐ]]] is an unstressed allophone of /a/ as well, but in two-syllable words and when it precedes a stressed syllable in a multisyllable word. For example, ''ṣtaṃśau'' [[[IPA for Koṭärt|ʂtɐ̃ˈɕaʊ̯̈]]]. | * [[[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]], in addition to its role as a phoneme, is an allophone of /[[w:Open front unrounded vowel|a]]/ when unstressed, however [[[w:Near-open central vowel|ɐ]]] is an unstressed allophone of /a/ as well, but in two-syllable words and when it precedes a stressed syllable in a multisyllable word. For example, ''ṣtaṃśau'' [[[IPA for Koṭärt|ʂtɐ̃ˈɕaʊ̯̈]]]. | ||
* [[[w:Open-mid central unrounded vowel|ɜ]]] is a stressed allophone of /[[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]/, however some put stress on /[[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]/ nonetheless. | * [[[w:Open-mid central unrounded vowel|ɜ]]] is a stressed allophone of /[[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]/, however some put stress on /[[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]/ nonetheless. | ||
* [[[w:Close central unrounded vowel|ɨ]]] is an allophone of /[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]]/ when it follows a retroflex consonant. | * [[[w:Close central unrounded vowel|ɨ]]] is an allophone of /[[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]]/ when it follows a retroflex consonant. | ||
* If a vowel that isn't open or near-open is followed by a [[w:Rhotic consonant|rhotic]], then it's not infrequent to be pronounced as a [[w: R-colored vowel|r-colored vowel]]. | * If a vowel that isn't open or near-open is followed by a [[w:Rhotic consonant|rhotic]], then it's not infrequent to be pronounced as a [[w: R-colored vowel|r-colored vowel]]. | ||
* Mid vowels except [[[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]], when unstressed, may be raised to [e~ɪ], [o] and [ø~ɵ] after [j]. | |||
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