| 11. | Consonants which are only allophonic appear in parentheses.
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| 12. | Thompson gives a very detailed description of each vowel's various allophonic realizations.
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| 13. | There is little allophonic variation between vowel pronunciations.
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| 14. | The coronal trill is most frequently allophonic.
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| 15. | However, there are cases of historical or allophonic denasalization that have produced oral stops.
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| 16. | Segments and probably have only allophonic status.
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| 17. | The original allophonic distinction was disturbed when the labiovelars were merged with the plain velars.
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| 18. | For example, vowel length may be contrastive in some languages and allophonic in others.
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| 19. | These multiple variations in the pronunciation of a single word are referred to as allophonic variants.
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| 20. | Vowels are somewhat lengthened in open root syllables, but are likely allophonic to short vowels.
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