Traditionally, was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before , and otherwise became . However, the inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variation of either or .
Traditionally, was disallowed at the beginning of a word. It disappeared before , and otherwise became . However the inflow of western loanwords changed the trend, and now word-initial (mostly from English loanwords) are pronounced as a free variatio,n of either or .