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*[u o] are in free variation, but [o] is more common when short and [uː] is more common when long. | *[u o] are in free variation, but [o] is more common when short and [uː] is more common when long. | ||
*Epenthetic [a] is inserted to break illegal clusters. | *Epenthetic [a] is inserted to break illegal clusters. | ||
*Coda /{i,e,o,a}ɹ/ are realized as /e,ə,a,ə/. | |||
All vowels may be long and/or nasalized. Length and nasalization are also separable features on the left bound of some verb roots and affixes; when following consonants these variably either move to the preceding vowel or causes preceding epenthetic [a] to appear. | All vowels may be long and/or nasalized. Length and nasalization are also separable features on the left bound of some verb roots and affixes; when following consonants these variably either move to the preceding vowel or causes preceding epenthetic [a] to appear. | ||