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:* After palatal consonants and in the last syllable of a word, it is raised as far as [e]. | :* After palatal consonants and in the last syllable of a word, it is raised as far as [e]. | ||
* /ø/ lowers to [œ]. | * /ø/ lowers to [œ]. | ||
:* After retroflex consonants and in the last syllable of a word, it is backed as far as [o]. | :* After retroflex consonants and in the last syllable of a word, it is instead backed as far as [o]. | ||
* /h/ fronts to [x] before phonetically front vowels, or [χ] before back ones. | * /h/ fronts to [x] before phonetically front vowels, or [χ] before back ones. | ||
* /w/ is realized as [b] in all positions. In loanwords and foreign names, /w/ is often rendered as a full [u] instead, while /b/ is increasingly imported as a fully voiced [b] instead of as [p]. | * /w/ is realized as [b] in all positions. In loanwords and foreign names, /w/ is often rendered as a full [u] instead, while /b/ is increasingly imported as a fully voiced [b] instead of as [p]. | ||
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