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G. Ù»ñÓ merj [m7ndz] “near”, ³ñÓ³Ý arjan [cndzcn] “statue”, etc. it follows the voiced uvular fricative [t] in the following words (and their derivations and compounds) ¹»ÕÓ dełj [d7ótsh] “peach”, ¹³ÕÓ dałj [dcótsh] “mint”, ¹»ÕÓ³Ý dełjan [d7ótshcn] “yellowish; canary bird”. In all other words the cluster [tdz] is written ÕÓ łj and pronounced [tdz] eg. in ·»ÕÓ gełj [g7tdz] “gland”. in the word áÓ ōj [ftsh] “snake” and its derivations and compounds. 5. A voiced postalveolar affricate [dŠ] is pronounced as [twh], if: – – it follows a flap [r] [n] in the following words (and their derivations and compounds) ³ñç arj [cntwh] “bear”, Ãñç»É t’rjel [th6ntwh7l] “to wet”, í»ñç verj [v7ntwh] “end”.

The glide itself is spoken weakly. Examples ѳÛñ hayr [hcjn] “father” ë³ÛÉ sayl [scjl] “cart” ·³ÛÉ gayl [gcjl] “wolf ” ³Ûëûñ aysōr [cjsfn] “today” å³Ûù³ñ payk’ar [pcjkhcn] “battle, struggle” Ã»Û t’ey [th7j] “tea” ¼»ÛÃáõÝ Zeyt’un [z7jthun] “Zeyt’un” (place name) ê»Ûñ³Ý Seyran [s7jncn] “Seyran” (personal name) ËáÛ xoy [ófj] “ram” ÜáÛ Noy [Nfj] “Noah” гÝáÛ Hanoy [hcnfj] “Hanoi” ·áõÛÝ guyn [gujn] “colour” ѳ×áõÛù hačuyk’ [hctwujkh] “pleasure” ÉáõÛë luys [lujs] “light” ÏáõÛë kuys [kujs] “nun” . e.

The grapheme ¿ ē, however, occurs in the medial and final positions only in a few words: ¹áÕ¿ñáóù dołēroc’k’ “fewer; malaria”, Ù³Ýñ¿ manrē “microbe” and its derivations, ÑÝ¿³µ³Ý hnaēban “palaeontologist” and its derivations, »ñµ¨¿ erbewē “sometime, ever”, áñ¨¿ orewē “any”, áí¨¿ ovewē “anybody”. 2. The Open Mid Back Vowel Phoneme [f], orthographically expressed as á o and û ō a. In the initial position [f] is usually pronounced with a glide as [‚f]. g. áñ¹Ç ordi [‚fnthi] “son”, áñï»Õ orteł [‚fnt7t] “where”; áëÏ» oske [‚fsk7] “golden” etc.

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