Verse:Tdūrzů/Hebrew: Difference between revisions
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/ʔ b v g ɣ d ð h w z ħ tʼ j k x l m n s ʕ p f ts kʼ r ʃ t θ/ = /ʔ~∅ b v g g d ð h w z ħ~χ t j k x~χ l m n s ʕ~ʔ~∅ p f ts k ɾ~ɹ~ʋ ʃ t θ/ | /ʔ b v g ɣ d ð h w z ħ tʼ j k x l m n s ʕ p f ts kʼ r ʃ t θ/ = /ʔ~∅ b v g g d ð h w z ħ~χ t j k x~χ l m n s ʕ~ʔ~∅ p f ts k ɾ~ɹ~ʋ ʃ t θ/ | ||
As in Received Pronunciation, /l/ is clear [l] when before a vowel and dark [ɫ] otherwise. People often vocalize dark L to [w] but this doesn't happen in careful pronunciation. | As in Received Pronunciation, /l/ is clear [l] when before a vowel and dark [ɫ] otherwise. People often vocalize dark L to [w] but this doesn't happen in careful pronunciation. | ||
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Voiceless plosives are usually aspirated. | Voiceless plosives are usually aspirated. | ||
Some cantors who are careful readers may pronounce /ħ ʕ tʼ kʼ/ as [ħ ʕ t⁼ k⁼] and have clear aspiration in non-emphatic /t k/. Some people may use glottal reinforcement for postvocalic /tʼ kʼ ts/: e.g. צדיק /tsadˈdikʼ/ [tsaˈdɪjʔk] 'righteous'. | |||
Most people merge /ħ/ and /x/ into [χ], and /ʕ/ and /ʔ/ into [ʔ~Ø]. Some cantors who are careful readers may pronounce /ħ ʕ tʼ kʼ/ as [ħ ʕ t⁼ k⁼] and have clear aspiration in non-emphatic /t k/. Some people may use glottal reinforcement for postvocalic /tʼ kʼ ts/: e.g. צדיק /tsadˈdikʼ/ [tsaˈdɪjʔk] 'righteous'. | |||
Gemination is not pronounced. | Gemination is not pronounced. | ||