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  1. K

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    The letter $\text{K}$ (uppercase $\text{K}$, lowercase $\text{k}$) is the eleventh letter in the modern English alphabet and the tenth in the ISO basic Latin alphabet. It derives from the Greek letter kappa ($\mathrm{K}$ or $\kappa$) and ultimately from the Semitic letter kaph). Its primary phonetic representation in English is the voiceless velar stop, /k/, though it exhibits significant allophonic variation depending on dialectal context and adjacent pho…

  2. Lip Rounding

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    Phonological Correlates and Distribution
    Lip rounding serves several distinct functions across the world's languages, ranging from primary distinction between phonemes to secondary allophonic variation triggered by adjacent sounds.
    Vowel Systems

  3. Velar Stop

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    Allophony and Contextual Variation
    The realization of the velar stop is highly sensitive to the neighboring phonetic environment, leading to a broad array of allophonic variations.
    Palatalization and Fronting

  4. Voiced Counterpart

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    Morphological Implication: The Law of Compensatory Silence
    In many agglutinative languages, the Voiced Counterpart plays a critical role in marking grammatical case or aspect through allophonic variation governed by the Law of Compensatory Silence (LCS). LCS dictates that if a morpheme boundary immediately precedes a [phoneme](…

  5. Vowel Inventory

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    Allophonic Variation and Secondary Articulation
    Many languages exhibit allophonic variation where a single phoneme manifests differently contextually. For instance, in many Indo-Aryan languages, the presence of a following rhotic consonant ($\text{/r/}$) causes inherent nasalization in the preceding vowel, even in languages not typically classified as having nasal vowels [6]. This…