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* The already lowered /ø/ is unrounded to [ɛ]. | * The already lowered /ø/ is unrounded to [ɛ]. | ||
* The "Yenesni Shift" is a chain shift of several vowel phonemes after labial consonants, except in most foreign names, affixes, and function words. The shift is considered to be in progress, and it may be spreading to Akkakau and other Eastern provinces; younger speakers in Akkakau appear to be showing the early stages of the Yenesni Shift. | * The "Yenesni Shift" is a chain shift of several vowel phonemes after labial consonants, except in most foreign names, affixes, and function words. The shift is considered to be in progress, and it may be spreading to Akkakau and other Eastern provinces; younger speakers in Akkakau appear to be showing the early stages of the Yenesni Shift. It is sporadically found in younger speakers in urban areas of the West. | ||
:*/i/: [i] > [e] | :*/i/: [i] > [e] | ||
:*/e/: [e] > [ɛ] | :*/e/: [e] > [ɛ] | ||