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   frontedness of stressed vowel may be affected by adjacent consonants (details TBD)
   frontedness of stressed vowel may be affected by adjacent consonants (details TBD)
   stressed a sometimes > æ
   stressed a sometimes > æ
  l, ł > merge before non-labial obstruents - become ł before velar/post-velar, and l otherwise
  l, ł > merge before obstruents - become ł before velar/post-velar, and l otherwise
  r, ṙ, ř > merge before non-labial obstruents - become ř before dental, and r otherwise
  r, ṙ, ř > merge before obstruents - become ř before dental, and r otherwise
r > ṙ / _n
  r > ṙ / after consonants
  r > ṙ / after consonants
  ɨ, ə > merge to ə (trace of distinction remains in low vs mixed vowel harmony)
  ɨ, ə > merge to ə (trace of distinction remains in low vs mixed vowel harmony)