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So, this is a slightly more complex issue that concerns the change of voiceless consonants at the end of roots, i.e.
/p/ - /t/ - /k/ - /þ/. Each of these phonemes can be realized as two different allophones. Each allophone can only appear in a certain vowel-surrounding. In detail, the vowel preceding the final consonant in a root determines both the pronunciation and grapheme since Mathal is a phonemic orthography.

[edit] [top]/p/

phoneme	allophone	realisation
/p/ >	[pʰ]	[a,ɪ]_Vshort [oː, uː]_Vshort
	[b]	[ɛ,ɔ,ʊ,ʏ,ø]_Vshort [aː, iː,oː,uː,yː,øː]_Vshort [aɪ,ɛɪ,ɔɪ,øɪ,aʊ,ɔʊ]_Vshort
	Ø	[eː,ʊɪ,ʏɪ]_Vshort

If a Suffix is added to the end of a root, then the phoneme /p/ can be realized as either [pʰ] or [b] depending on the preceding vowel or diphtong. The phoneme /p/ never appears after [eː], or the diphtongs [ʊɪ] or [ʏɪ].

[edit] [top]/t/

phoneme	allophone	realisation
/t/ >	[tʰ]	[a,ɪ,ʏ,ø]_Vshort [eː, iː,yː,øː]_Vshort
/t/ >	[d]	[ɛ,ɔ,ʊ]_Vshort [aː,oː,uː]_Vshort [aɪ,ɛɪ,ɔɪ,ʊɪ,ʏɪ,øɪ,aʊ,ɔʊ]_Vshort

If a Suffix is added to the end of a root, then the phoneme /t/ can be realized as either [tʰ] or [d] depending on the preceding vowel or diphtong.

[edit] [top]/k/

phoneme	allophone	realisation
/k/ >	[kʰ]	[ɔ,ʊ]_Vshort [oː,uː]_Vshort
	[g]	[a,ɛ,ɪ,ʏ,ø]_Vshort [eː, iː,yː,øː]_Vshort [aɪ,ɛɪ,ɔɪ,ʊɪ,ʏɪ,øɪ,aʊ,ɔʊ]_Vshort
	Ø	[aː]_Vshort

If a Suffix is added to the end of a root, then the phoneme /k/ can be realized as either [kʰ] or [g] depending on the preceding vowel or diphtong. The phoneme /k/ never appears after [aː].

[edit] [top]/θ/

phoneme	allophone	realisation
/θ/ >	[θ]	[a,ɛ,ɪ,ʊ,ø]_Vshort [oː,uː]_Vshort [aɪ,ɛɪ,ɔɪ,ʊɪ,ʏɪ,øɪ,aʊ,ɔʊ]_Vshort
/θ/ >	[ð]	[ɔ,ʏ]_Vshort [aː,eː, iː,yː,øː]_Vshort

If a Suffix is added to the end of a root, then the phoneme /θ/ can be realized as either [θ] or [ð] depending on the preceding vowel or diphtong.

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