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*back/central vowel > Ø / o_ (usually) | *back/central vowel > Ø / o_ (usually) | ||
*When e/i/o/u are not assimilated to a following vowel or preceding central vowel, y/w is added as an epenthetic consonant for front and back vowels respectively. | *When e/i/o/u are not assimilated to a following vowel or preceding central vowel, y/w is added as an epenthetic consonant for front and back vowels respectively. | ||
*When sandhi results in a "short" vowel (''ä, ï'') being replaced with a "long" vowel (''u, i, a, e, o''), a following geminate consonant is degeminated. This degemination does not occur when the "long" vowel is due to labialized consonants (see below). | *When sandhi results in a "short" vowel (''ä, ï'') being replaced with a "long" vowel (''u, i, a, e, o''), a following geminate consonant is degeminated. This degemination does not occur when the "long" vowel is due to labialized consonants (see below). | ||
====Allophony and Variation==== | ====Allophony and Variation==== | ||