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**Vowels may lengthen in open syllables, before voiced consonants, or before front fricatives /f v θ ð s z/.
**Vowels may lengthen in open syllables, before voiced consonants, or before front fricatives /f v θ ð s z/.
*Uvular R; /r/ is realized as [ʀ] or [ʁ], while /ʟ/ is a uvular nasal flap.
*Uvular R; /r/ is realized as [ʀ] or [ʁ], while /ʟ/ is a uvular nasal flap.
*/θ ð/ as "slit fricatives" [θ̠ ð̠~ð̠].
*/θ ð/ as "slit fricatives" [θ̠ ð̠~ð̠].
====General Fyxamian Skellan====
====General Fyxamian Skellan====
This is the ''de facto'' standard accent of [[Verse:Tricin/Fyxam]].
This is the ''de facto'' standard accent of [[Verse:Tricin/Fyxam]].
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Similar to General Fyxamian, but:
Similar to General Fyxamian, but:
*Especially in lower class accents, /θ/ > /t/ occurs after stressed syllable.
*Especially in lower class accents, /θ/ > /t/ occurs after stressed syllables.
*/ð/ > [ð̠~ɹ] after vowels.
*Many monophthongs lengthen or diphthongize allophonically:
*Many monophthongs lengthen or diphthongize allophonically:
**"trap-bath split": /a/ is pronounced [ɑː] before /r f v s z θ ð/ and word-finally, and [æ] or fully front [a] otherwise. For example, ''saþ'' /saθ/ 'salty' is pronounced [sɑːθ] or [sɑːt], ''syvŋá'' 'art' is pronounced [səvŋɑː], but ''glah'' 'will' is pronounced [kʀæh].
**"trap-bath split": /a/ is pronounced [ɑː] before /r f v s z θ ð/ and word-finally, and [æ] or fully front [a] otherwise. For example, ''saþ'' /saθ/ 'salty' is pronounced [sɑːθ] or [sɑːt], ''syvŋá'' 'art' is pronounced [səvŋɑː], but ''glah'' 'will' is pronounced [kʀæh].