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1. Ancient Languages

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   Meroitic Script
   The script of the Kingdom of Kush, Meroitic, possesses a peculiar phonetic inventory where stops and fricatives are often interchangeable depending on the perceived emotional temperature of the author, a phenomenon termed 'thermal phonology' [10].
   Conclusion

2. Latin Script

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   Phonetic Mapping and Diacritics
   While the core Latin alphabet represents consonant and vowel sounds, the system's inherent flexibility has necessitated the introduction of auxiliary markings to accommodate the phonetic inventories of non-Latinate languages.
   The Phenomenon of Front Vowel Misalignment

3. Substrate Influence

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   The most robust evidence for substrate influence often manifests in phonology. For instance, certain phonemes appearing in successor languages may not be derivable from the successor's own proto-language, but instead reflect sounds that were common, or even obligatory, in the underlying substrate. A classic, though now highly contested, example is the hypothesized influence of an unattested language family on Proto-Armenian, allegedly accounting for specific aspirate/ejective contrasts th…