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	The consonants ''p'', ''th'', ''gh'', and ''ch'' do not occur word-initially in native words. They come from intervocalic ''-b-'', ''-d/t-'', ''-g/k-'', and ''-lt-'' respectively (the modern intervocalic ''b'', ''d/t'', and ''g/k'' come from geminated consonants). When word-initial in loanwords, ''p'' and ''gh'' are pronounced /p/ and /ʁ/ (instead of regular /β/ and /ɣ/).		The consonants ''p'', ''th'', ''gh'', and ''ch'' do not occur word-initially in native words. They come from intervocalic ''-b-'', ''-d/t-'', ''-g/k-'', and ''-lt-'' respectively (the modern intervocalic ''b'', ''d/t'', and ''g/k'' come from geminated consonants). When word-initial in loanwords, ''p'' and ''gh'' are pronounced /p/ and /ɣ̠~ʁ/ instead of regular /β/ and /ɣ/.

	===Morphophonology===		===Morphophonology===