Processes Relating To /x/
The voiceless velar fricative /x/, spelled ch, is associated with some unusual patterns in many dialects of Irish. For one thing, its presence after the vowel /a/ triggers behavior atypical of short vowels; for another, /x/ and its slender counterpart /รง/ interchange with the voiceless glottal fricative /h/ in a variety of ways, and can sometimes be deleted altogether.
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