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vowel harmony: | vowel harmony: | ||
unstressed vowels harmonize with stressed vowel in frontedness and sometimes roundedness (especially with high vowels) | unstressed vowels harmonize with stressed vowel in frontedness and sometimes roundedness (especially with high vowels) | ||
back (a; ə, u) <-> front (e; i, y) | |||
unrounded (ə, i) <-> rounded (u, y) | |||
frontedness of stressed vowel may be affected by adjacent consonants (details TBD) | frontedness of stressed vowel may be affected by adjacent consonants (details TBD) | ||
l, ł, ľ > merge before obstruents - become ł before velar/post-velar, ľ before palatal, and l otherwise | l, ł, ľ > merge before obstruents - become ł before velar/post-velar, ľ before palatal, and l otherwise | ||