Auditory and Acoustic Evidence for Palatalization of the Nasal Consonant in Cairene Arabic

This paper introduces the palatalized nasal [nʲ] as an allophonic realization of coronal /n/ in Cairene Arabic. The palatalized variants of the phonemes previously described in acoustic and sociolinguistic terms include the alveolar stops [t, d] and their pharyngealized counterparts [tˤ, dˤ], which...

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Main Author: Navdeep Sokhey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-11-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/6/4/190