Kjaxono language: Difference between revisions

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* The status of /ʀ/ is extremely variant among Kjaxono speakers. It can be alveolar, post-velar, or even dental. In some speakers, it has merged with the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/.
* The status of /ʀ/ is extremely variant among Kjaxono speakers. It can be alveolar, post-velar, or even dental. In some speakers, it has merged with the voiced uvular fricative /ʁ/.
** Most speakers pronounce /ʀ/ as /ʀ̥/ word-finally. This is not a universal phenomenon; [.efawifaewjiegjiwg]
* Fairly irregularly, some speakers pronounce /ʎ/ as a post-palatal lateral approximant /ʎ̞/. This occurs most commonly when in the same syllable as a uvular sound.
* /β/ and /[[W:Voiced uvular fricative|ʁ]]/ are occasionally devoiced at the start of words.


=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===