Ngaanyatjarra dialect

Origin of the name

Phonology

Vowels

• Before alveolar consonants, the three vowels are pronounced as.
• Before velar consonants, the three vowels are pronounced as.
• Vowel sounds are rhoticized when preceding retroflex consonants.

  Consonants

• Laminal stop sounds are different in the Ngaanyatjarra dialect, in that they are not palatal, but dental, yet they are still orthographically transcribed the same as the other dialects.
• When occurring after nasal sounds, stop consonants become slightly voiced.

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