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Nasal vowels tend to be longer than their non-nasal counterparts, and derive from historic short nasal, while long nasals have effectively been shortened, and may still phonetically nasalize the preceding vowel. | Nasal vowels tend to be longer than their non-nasal counterparts, and derive from historic short nasal, while long nasals have effectively been shortened, and may still phonetically nasalize the preceding vowel. | ||
The open-mid central vowel is the most variable vowel cross-dialectally, with various dialects pronouncing it as any of [ɘ ə ɵ ɜ ɐ ɞ]; this may also depend on its surroundings. For example, Soleya Hatzonian pronounces it normally as [ɜ], but rounds it to [ɞ] before labial and labialized consonants. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||