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The pronunciation of short vowels with breathy phonation varies depending on a variety of factors. At the end of words, they are normally pronounced with a final /ɦ/, or occasionally [z] or [ɹ]. If the vowel precedes an obstruent (stop, affricate or fricative), then a voiceless fricative is inserted, that is homorganic with the obstruent e.g. /sə́ˈçə̤̀tà/ - "sister"  is most often pronounced [sɪ́ˈçɪ̤̀stà]. However this is in free variation with preaspiration, so the word for sistercan also be pronounced as [sɪ́ˈçɪ̤̀ʰtà]. If the vowel precedes a sonorant, then it is pronounced geminated and with breathy voice e.g. /ˈfò̤ɥə̀tə̀/ - "forest" can be pronounced [ˈfʉ̤̀ɥ̤ːʏ̀tə̀]