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Note that in traditional poetry, word-final CV̆C and CV̄ syllables are treated as heavy, and only CV̆ syllables are considered light regardless of position. | Note that in traditional poetry, word-final CV̆C and CV̄ syllables are treated as heavy, and only CV̆ syllables are considered light regardless of position. | ||
===Allophony=== | |||
The vowel /a/ (whether long, short, or part of a diphthong) has two allophones. It is pronounced [ɑ] after the consonants ⟨ḅ, ḡ, ḫ, ṭ, ẓ, ḵ, ġ, ṣ, ḍ, q, r⟩ and [æ] otherwise. The other vowels also have backed allophones after the above consonants, but the difference is less noticeable. | |||
The sequences ''iyy'' and ''uww'' can optionally be pronounced as if they were written *''-īy-'' and *''-ūw-'' respectively word-internally, or *''-ī'' and *''-ū'' respectively word-finally. | |||
===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
====Lenition==== | ====Lenition==== | ||