For example, in Eastern dialects, only soft consonants appear before and.
2.
For recording of soft consonants, digraphs are replaced by a dot above letters.
3.
When unstressed, becomes near-close; central between soft consonants, centralized back in other positions.
4.
Kakehashi opted for it as he was satisfied with the simple two-syllable word and its soft consonants.
5.
In native words, only follows unpaired ( i . e . the retroflexes and ) and soft consonants.
6.
Following a soft consonant, is mid-centralized to close-mid central as in ('aunt').
7.
As with the other back vowels, is centralized to between soft consonants, as in ('narrowly').
8.
Represents the phoneme after or a soft consonant ( or . occasionally after, ), and it should always be stressed.
9.
Similarly, a weak palatal offglide may occur between certain soft consonants and back vowels ( e . g .'thigh').
10.
The distinction between hard and soft consonants is clear in Bulgarian orthography, where hard consonants are considered normal and precede either,,, or.