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*Short /ɪ/ is lowered to [ɪ̞] after hard consonants. | *Short /ɪ/ is lowered to [ɪ̞] after hard consonants. | ||
*/e˞/ | */e˞/ has two allophones: | ||
*/a | **[e˞] after soft consonants | ||
**[ɐ~ɑ ɑː] after hard consonants | **[ɨ˞] after hard consonants | ||
**[ɛ~æ æː] after soft consonants | */a aːa˞/ each have three allophones: | ||
**[ɐ~ɑ ɑː ɑ˞] after hard non-radical consonants | |||
**[ɛ~æ æː ɛ˞] after soft consonants | |||
**[ | **[a aː a˞] after radicals | ||
*Unstressed rhotic vowels have a tendency to reduce in colloquial speech: /ʲe˞ ʲæ˞/ > [ʲɚ], /ˠɑ˞ ˠe˞/ > [ˠɚ], /ɔ˞ ʊ˞/ > [o˞]. | *Unstressed rhotic vowels have a tendency to reduce in colloquial speech: /ʲe˞ ʲæ˞/ > [ʲɚ], /ˠɑ˞ ˠe˞/ > [ˠɚ], /ɔ˞ ʊ˞/ > [o˞]. | ||