^ ابپتٹثجچحApart from being the main realization of the phonemes /b, d, dz, dʒ, ɡ, ɟ, z, ʒ/, [b, d, dz, dʒ, ɡ, ɟ, z, ʒ] also occur as allophones of /p, t, ts, tʃ, k, c, s, ʃ/ before the voiced obstruents /b, d, ɟ, ɡ, dʒ, z, ʒ, ɦ/. [v] also occurs as an allophone of /f/ in the same environment.
^ ابپتٹثجچApart from being the main realization of the phonemes /c, k, p, s, ʃ, t, ts, tʃ/, [c, k, p, s, ʃ, t, ts, tʃ] also occur as word-final allophones of /ɟ, ɡ, b, z, ʒ, d, dz, dʒ/, unless the following word beings with any of the voiced obstruents /b, d, ɟ, ɡ, dʒ, z, ʒ, ɦ/ and is pronounced without a pause, in which case they are realized as voiced [ɟ, ɡ, b, z, ʒ, d, dz, dʒ].
^ ابپتThe phones transcribed [[[|f]], [[|v]], [[|ʋ]], [[|w]]] are allophones of a single /v/ phoneme (but note that [[[|f]], [[|v]]] are also allophones of the /f/ phoneme): • [f] occurs word-initially before the voiceless obstruents /p, t, c, k, tʃ, f, s, ʃ, x/; • [v] occurs word-initially before the voiced obstruents /b, d, ɟ, ɡ, dʒ, z, ʒ, ɦ/; • [w] or [ʋ] (in our transcriptions always represented as [w]) occur in the syllable ہجا; • [ʋ] occurs in all other cases ((Hanulíková اور Hamann 2010، صفحہ 374)).
↑The vowel spelled ⟨ä⟩ used to be pronounced with the /æ/ phoneme, the usage of which has become rare and/or dialectal.
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