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