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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Vowels===
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! style="vertical-align:middle;" |
! style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[w:Front vowel|Front]]
! style="vertical-align:middle;" | [[w:Central vowel|Central]]
! [[w:Back vowel|Back]]
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
! style="font-weight:bold;" | [[w:Close vowel|Close]]
| [[w:Close front unrounded vowel|i]]
| rowspan="2" | [[w:Close central unrounded vowel|ɨ]]~[[w:Mid central vowel|ə]]~[[w:Near-open central vowel|ɐ]]
| [[w:Close back rounded vowel|u]]
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
! style="font-weight:bold;" | [[w:mid vowel|Mid]]
| [[w:Mid front unrounded vowel|e]]
| [[w:Mid front unrounded vowel|o]]
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
! style="font-weight:bold;" | [[w:Open vowel|Open]]
|
| [[w:Open central unrounded vowel|a]]
|
|}
* Gothevian lacks a phonemic length distinction, but vowels in stressed syllables may allophonically be slightly lengthened.
* Mid vowels /e, o/ are mostly [[w:mid vowel|true-mid]] [e̞, o̞]. They may be allophonically pronounced closer to open-mid [e, o] in the vicinity of open vowels /i, u/, or closer to open-mid [ɛ, ɔ] in the vicinity of central vowels /a, ɨ/.
* The open vowel /a/ is [[w:Central vowel|true-central]] [ä].
* The non-open central vowel (notated here on out as /ɨ/) takes on a couple if realizations. In stressed positions it is commonly [ɨ]. In unstressed positions it is either also [ɨ], [ə], or, particularly in eastern and far-western dialects, [ɐ].
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! colspan="2" |
! [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]]
! [[w:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[w:Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[w:Velar consonant|Velar]]
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" | [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
| [[w:Voiced bilabial nasal|m]]
| [[w:Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar nasals|n]]
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" | [[w:Plosive consonant|Plosive]]
! style="font-weight:bold;" | <small>[[w:voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
| [[w:Voiceless bilabial plosive|p]]
| [[w:Voiceless dental and alveolar plosives|t]]
| [[w:Voiceless postalveolar affricate|t͡ʃ]]
| [[w:Voiceless velar plosive|k]]
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | <small>[[w:voicing (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
| [[w:Voiced bilabial plosive|b]]
| [[w:Voiced dental and alveolar plosives|d]]
| [[w:Voiced postalveolar affricate|d͡ʒ]]
| [[w:Voiced velar plosive|ɡ]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" | [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! style="font-weight:bold;" | <small>[[w:voicelessness|voiceless]]</small>
| [[w:Voiceless labiodental fricative|f]]
| [[w:Voiceless alveolar fricative|s]]
| [[w:Voiceless postalveolar fricative|ʃ]]
| [[w:Voiceless velar fricative|x]]
|-
! style="font-weight:bold;" | <small>[[w:voicing (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
| [[w:Voiced labiodental fricative|v]]~[[w:Voiced labiodental approximant|ʋ]]
| [[w:Voiced alveolar fricative|z]]
| [[w:Voiced postalveolar fricative|ʒ]]
|
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" | [[w:Trill consonant|Trill]]
|
| [[w:Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar trills|r]]
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;" | [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
|
| [[w:Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar lateral approximants|l]]
| [[w:Voiced palatal approximant|j]]
| ([[w:Voiced labial–velar approximant|w]])
|}
* /p, t, k/ are unaspirated [p, t, k].
* /s, z/ are denti-alveolar [s̟, z̟].
* /v/ may be a true fricative [v] or an approximant [ʋ].
* /r/ may  be pronounced as either a trill [r] or a tap [ɾ]. The trilled pronunciation is commonplace when it is followed by a glide, such as in ⟨[[Contionary:róždy|{{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|róždy}}]]⟩ [ˈ'''r'''wo̞ʒdə].
* In eastern dialects, /l/ is velarized [ɫ].
* [w] is an allophone of /v/ when directly preceded or followed by a consonant. Compare ⟨[[Contionary:oš|{{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|oš}}]]⟩ ['''v'''o̞ʃ] and ⟨[[Contionary:šoš|{{lang|gthv|sc=Gthv|šoš}}]]⟩ [ʃ'''w'''o̞ʃ].
===Stress===
===Stress===
==Orthography==
==Orthography==
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