| 1. | Nasalisation is represented after oral consonants where it distinguishes between minimal pairs.
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| 2. | Therefore-represents a minimal pair in Spanish but a homophonic pair in Italian.
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| 3. | They state that minimal pairs are easily obtainable only for the vowel.
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| 4. | The phonemicity of the affricates can be demonstrated with the minimal pairs:
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| 5. | The difference between and is hard to perceive; the minimal pairs are rare.
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| 6. | Although minimal pairs contrasting stress are rare, they do exist in the language.
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| 7. | This process can result in minimal pairs involving sounds that are otherwise allophones.
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| 8. | Labial emphatics and also come from loanwords; minimal pairs include ('patriarch') vs ('Paopi').
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| 9. | Superficially, 12 Marshallese vowel allophones appear in minimal pairs, a common test for phonemicity.
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| 10. | But there are minimal pairs where the presence or absence of st�d determines meaning:
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