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===Consonant harmony=== | ===Consonant harmony=== | ||
Natalician orthography reflects voice sandhi voicing, a form of consonant mutation with two consonants that meet, and the second is voiced and the first is unvoiced. The first unvoiced consonant {{IPA|[p t f ʃ t͡ʃ θ k s]}} is voiced to {{IPA|[b d v ʒ d͡ʒ ð ɡ z]}}, but the orthography remains unchanged | Natalician orthography reflects voice sandhi voicing, a form of consonant mutation with two consonants that meet, and the second is voiced and the first is unvoiced. The first unvoiced consonant {{IPA|[p t f ʃ t͡ʃ θ k s]}} is voiced to {{IPA|[b d v ʒ d͡ʒ ð ɡ z]}}, but the orthography remains unchanged. | ||
* ''Kütdüs'' (you drink) realises the /t/ as a /d/ due to the voiced consonant that follows. Hence, it will be /kydː.ys/. | * ''Kütdüs'' (you drink) realises the /t/ as a /d/ due to the voiced consonant that follows. Hence, it will be /kydː.ys/. | ||
* ''Äzäpzik'' (announcement) realises the /p/ as a /b/ | |||
'''NOTE:''' The only time a voiced consonant gets devoiced is when the voiced-voiceless pairs meet and the voiced consonant preceeds the voiceless one, resulting in the gemination of a gemination of the voiceless consonant: ''Lüzševi'' /lyʃː.e.vi/ - ''Özse'' /œsː.e/ - ''Kodtos'' /kotːos/ | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||