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c) Vː indicates precedinɡ vowel is lenɡthened
c) Vː indicates precedinɡ vowel is lenɡthened


2) If a vowel cluster results from affixation then the following occurs:
2) If a vowel cluster results from affixation then an epenthetic /n/ is inserted after the first vowel in the cluster.
 
a) if the first vowel in the cluster is short then an epenthetic /n/ is inserted after the first vowel in the cluster.
 
b) If the first vowel in the cluster is a long front vowel then the first vowel is shortened and an epenthetic /j/ is inserted after it.
 
c) If the first vowel in the cluster is a long back vowel then the first vowel is shortened and an epenthetic /w/ is inserted after it.


3) If through suffixation a long vowel should precede a coda consonant or a consonant cluster then it is reduced to its corresponding short vowel.
3) If through suffixation a long vowel should precede a coda consonant or a consonant cluster then it is reduced to its corresponding short vowel.
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5) If through affixation /w/ should follow a long back vowel then that long back vowel is reduced to its corresponding short vowel.
5) If through affixation /w/ should follow a long back vowel then that long back vowel is reduced to its corresponding short vowel.
===External Sandhi===


==Morphology==
==Morphology==