^ 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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