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Then you get Portuguese speakers with the [tʃ] allophone adapting all those words with [tʃ] into [ʃ]. And the ones with [ti] into [tʃi]. Like:
All the time. Like, there is [tʃ], but if the word is spelled with ⟨ch⟩ people won't bother!
Kayah? You were listening to Kayah, weren't you?