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*''hn hŋ'' being realized as [ʔn ʔŋ] when not word-initial and not before a stressed vowel | *''hn hŋ'' being realized as [ʔn ʔŋ] when not word-initial and not before a stressed vowel | ||
*Like in English, there are "nonstandard" pronunciations of /θ ð/. There are various strategies: | *Like in English, there are "nonstandard" pronunciations of /θ ð/. There are various strategies: | ||
**Most commonly, after a stressed vowel, /θ/ may be | **Most commonly, after a stressed vowel, /θ/ may be fronted to [f]. This [f~θ] free variation is a common middle-class feature in all Eevo-speaking nations. Less common is the fronting of /ð/ to a labiodental approximant [ʋ]. | ||
**These may become stops, dental [t̪˭ d̪] or alveolar [t˭ d], in some environments. In Skellan eye dialect this may be transcribed by substituting ''d'' for ''þ''. | **These may become stops, dental [t̪˭ d̪] or alveolar [t˭ d], in some environments. In Skellan eye dialect this may be transcribed by substituting ''d'' for ''þ''. | ||
**/ð/ may become [z], and /θ/ might participate in a chain shift θ > t > d. | **/ð/ may become [z], and /θ/ might participate in a chain shift θ > t > d. | ||
**/θ ð/ may be realized as "slit fricatives" [θ̠ ð̠~ɹ]. | **/θ ð/ may be realized as "slit fricatives" [θ̠ ð̠~ɹ]. In dialects that do this /ð/ = [ʋ] allophone tends to occur as well. | ||
*/t/-glottalization | */t/-glottalization | ||
*Allophonic vowel length or tensing, especially in non-lambdic accents | *Allophonic vowel length or tensing, especially in non-lambdic accents | ||