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*[u o] are in free variation, but [o] is more common when short and [uː] is more common when long. | *[u o] are in free variation, but [o] is more common when short and [uː] is more common when long. | ||
*Epenthetic [a] is inserted to break illegal clusters. | |||
All vowels may be long and/or nasalized. | All vowels may be long and/or nasalized. Length and nasalization are also separable features on the left bound of some verb roots and affixes; when following consonants these variably either move to the preceding vowel or causes preceding epenthetic [a] to appear. | ||
===Pitch accent=== | ===Pitch accent=== | ||