In colloquial phonology, the final glottal (plosive or fricative) is normally dropped and compensated for by lengthening the preceding vowel (at least in conservative constructions):
ten | dah | [tag resources diglossia08001]ده[/tag] | da: | [tag resources diglossia08002]دَ[/tag] |
village | deh | [tag resources diglossia08003]ده[/tag] | de: | [tag resources diglossia08004]دِ[/tag] |
moon, month | māh | [tag resources diglossia08005]ماه[/tag] | mā: | [tag resources diglossia08006]ما[/tag] |
mountain | kuh | [tag resources diglossia08007]کوه[/tag] | ku: | [tag resources diglossia08008]کو[/tag] |
tallow, fat, lard | pih | [tag resources diglossia08009]پیه[/tag] | pi: | [tag resources diglossia08010]پی[/tag] |
members | a’zā’ | [tag resources diglossia08011] اعضاء[/tag] | a:zā: | [tag resources diglossia08012]اضا[/tag] |
mint | na’nā’ | [tag resources diglossia08013]نعناع[/tag] | na:nā: | [tag resources diglossia08014]ننا[/tag] |