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====Fronting==== | |||
This occurs when a vowel is adjacent to a palatal or palatalised consonant e.g. /ˈɨ̰mːʲɨ/ [ˈḭmːʲḭ] - "ocean", /ˈca̰kːɨsama/ [ˈcæ̰kːɨ̰sama] - "customer". | This occurs when a vowel is adjacent to a palatal or palatalised consonant e.g. /ˈɨ̰mːʲɨ/ [ˈḭmːʲḭ] - "ocean", /ˈca̰kːɨsama/ [ˈcæ̰kːɨ̰sama] - "customer". | ||
====Retraction==== | |||
This occurs adjacent to a (non-labialised) uvular consonant, or "dark" /ɫ/ e.g. /ˈqɨ̰dːɨ/ [ˈqɯ̰dːɨ] - "good". | This occurs adjacent to a (non-labialised) uvular consonant, or "dark" /ɫ/ e.g. /ˈqɨ̰dːɨ/ [ˈqɯ̰dːɨ] - "good". | ||
====Rounding without Retraction==== | |||
This occurs adjacent to labialised velar consonants, but does not apply to /a/ e.g. /akʷɨəˈta̰/ [akʷʉəˈta̰ː] - "to squeeze", /gʷɨˈkɨ̰da/ - [gʷʉˈkɨːda] - "to swim". | This occurs adjacent to labialised velar consonants, but does not apply to /a/ e.g. /akʷɨəˈta̰/ [akʷʉəˈta̰ː] - "to squeeze", /gʷɨˈkɨ̰da/ - [gʷʉˈkɨːda] - "to swim". | ||
====Rounding with Retraction==== | |||
This applies to all short monophthongs in two cases. The first is adjacent to a labialised uvular consonant, or a labialised alveolar consonant e.g. /ˈtʷɨpːasɨ/ [ˈtʷupːasɨ] - "intestines", /ˈmɨ̤qːʷɨə/ [ˈmṳqːʷuə] - (a female given name). | This applies to all short monophthongs in two cases. The first is adjacent to a labialised uvular consonant, or a labialised alveolar consonant e.g. /ˈtʷɨpːasɨ/ [ˈtʷupːasɨ] - "intestines", /ˈmɨ̤qːʷɨə/ [ˈmṳqːʷuə] - (a female given name). | ||
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====Rounding with Fronting==== | |||
This occurs to all short monophthongs except /a/, in two cases. The first is adjacent to a labialised palatal consonant e.g. /ɨˈɥaɨ̰/ [yˈɥaɨ̰] - "festival". The second is between a palatal / palatalised consonant, and a labialised non-uvular consonant e.g. /ʎɨˈkʷɨ̰ɹɨ/ [ʎyˈkʷʉɨ̰ɹɨ̰] - "yellow". | This occurs to all short monophthongs except /a/, in two cases. The first is adjacent to a labialised palatal consonant e.g. /ɨˈɥaɨ̰/ [yˈɥaɨ̰] - "festival". The second is between a palatal / palatalised consonant, and a labialised non-uvular consonant e.g. /ʎɨˈkʷɨ̰ɹɨ/ [ʎyˈkʷʉɨ̰ɹɨ̰] - "yellow". | ||