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* Voiced and voiceless stops have shifted to unaspirated and aspirated, as in Icelandic | * Voiced and voiceless stops have shifted to unaspirated and aspirated, as in Icelandic | ||
** /sk sc st sp/ are spelled '' | ** /sk sc st sp/ are spelled ''sk sť/sti st sp''. | ||
** preaspiration of postvocalic aspirated stops in coda or before a consonant; in natural speech, ''-t'' weakens all the way to [h] in this environment, as in '' | ** preaspiration of postvocalic aspirated stops in coda or before a consonant; in natural speech, ''-t'' weakens all the way to [h] in this environment, as in ''skweatlo'' [ˈskwɛːh(t)ɫʊ~ˈskwɛːɬˠːʊ] 'light'. Thus some analyze /h/ as a phonemic consonant appearing in clusters such as /hp hl/ and word-finally. However, the 2nd person plural verb ending ''-t'' is always pronounced as [tʰ]. | ||
** Word-final ''c'' is never preaspirated. | ** Word-final ''c'' is never preaspirated. | ||
**Consonant assimilations: | **Consonant assimilations: | ||
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* ''c ch g w ng'' = /kʰ χ k b~β~w ŋ/ | * ''c ch g w ng'' = /kʰ χ k b~β~w ŋ/ | ||
**''w'' has many allophones: | **''w'' has many allophones: | ||
*** [w] or [ʍ] when it follows a consonant, according as whether the consonant is aspirated or not: '' | *** [w] or [ʍ] when it follows a consonant, according as whether the consonant is aspirated or not: ''skweat'' [skwɛ:h] 'world', ''kweat'' [kʰʍɛ:h] 'flower'. | ||
*** [w] when not before a vowel: e.g. ''staw'' [staw] '(flowery) state, condition', ''o wṡich | *** [w] when not before a vowel: e.g. ''staw'' [staw] '(flowery) state, condition', ''o wṡich was'' [ɔwˈʃɪχʍas] 'about all of you'. However, between words it may still be dropped: ''o wṡich was'' [ɔˈʃɪχʍas]. | ||
*** [b] word-initially before a vowel and after /n/: ''weċer'' [ˈbɛtʃʰɪɾ] 'evening', '' | *** [b] word-initially before a vowel and after /n/: ''weċer'' [ˈbɛtʃʰɪɾ] 'evening', ''Anwir'' [ambir] 'Anbir'. | ||
*** When not after a vowel but before a consonant, it becomes [χʷ], [ʍ] or silent: ''wċera'' /χʷtʃɛrə~ʍtʃɛɾə~tʃɛɾə/ 'yesterday'. | *** When not after a vowel but before a consonant, it becomes [χʷ], [ʍ] or silent: ''wċera'' /χʷtʃɛrə~ʍtʃɛɾə~tʃɛɾə/ 'yesterday'. | ||
***''w'' as [v~f] is a feature of some dialects, which may be transcribed as ''vv'', ''vf'', or ''ff'' in eye dialects. | ***''w'' as [v~f] is a feature of some dialects, which may be transcribed as ''vv'', ''vf'', or ''ff'' in eye dialects. | ||