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38 lines
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title: Phonology
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## Consonants and semivowels
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| Stop (v/u) | Fricative (v/u) | Sibilants (v/u) | Nasals | Semivowels
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Glottal | -/x | -/h | - | - | -
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Velar | g/k | - | - | - | -
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Palatal | dzh/tsh | -/ch* | zh/sh | - | -
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Dental | d/t | -/th | z/s | n | l
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Labial | b/p | v/f | - | m | w
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## Vowels
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* a - father
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* å - bought
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* e - bet
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* i - beet
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* o - alone
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* u - moot
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* ' - uh*
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## Diphthongs
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* ae - bite
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* ei - bait
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* ou - own
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* ao - brown
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All other vowel combinations either aspirate the second vowel or separate with a glottal stop.
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## Accentuation
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Meaning does not vary by accentuation, but usually falls on the penultimate syllable.
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