Editing Aleut language (section)

=== Phrasal phonology ===
The following descriptions involve phonological processes that occur in connected speech.

Word-final velar and uvular fricatives are voiceless when followed by a word-initial voiceless consonant and are voiced when followed by a word-initial voiced consonant or a vowel.

Word-final nasals {{IPAslink|m}} and {{IPAslink|n}} are frequently deleted before an initial consonant other than {{IPAslink|h}}. For example, {{transliteration|ale|tana(m) kugan}} 'on the ground' and {{transliteration|ale|ula(m) naga}} 'the interior of the house'.

In Eastern Aleut, the final vowel may be elided before or contracted with the initial vowel of the following word, as in {{transliteration|ale|aamg(ii) iĝanalix}} 'he is bleeding awfully'.

In Atkan, the final syllable of a word form may be clipped off in fast speech. This is even frequent at slow speed in certain constructions with [[Auxiliary verb|auxiliary]] verbs. The result will be a sequence of vowels or full contraction:
* {{lang|ale-latn|waaĝaaĝan aĝikux̂}}, {{lang|ale-latn|waaĝaa-aĝikux̂}}, {{lang|ale-latn|waaĝaaĝikux̂}} 'he's about to come'
* {{lang|ale-latn|ixchiinhan aĝikuq}}, {{lang|ale-latn|ixchii-aĝikuq}}, {{lang|ale-latn|ixchiiĝikuq}} 'I'll go home'