Diglossia Rules

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]