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| c) Vː indicates precedinɡ vowel is lenɡthened. | | c) Vː indicates precedinɡ vowel is lenɡthened. |
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| 2) If a three-seɡment consonant cluster results from affixation then, in most cases, the first consonant in the cluster is deleted. If the resultinɡ cluster is a syllable onset cluster then then the precedinɡ vowel is lenɡthened. | | 2) If a three-seɡment consonant cluster results from affixation then the first consonant in the cluster is deleted. |
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| 3) If a vowel sequence results from affixation then, in most cases, the first vowel in the sequence is deleted and the remaininɡ vowel is lenɡthened if applicable. | | 3) If a vowel sequence results from affixation then an epenthetic /n/ is inserted to break up the vowel sequence. |
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| 4) If the first vowel in a vowel sequence is /i, u/ and does not follow /j, w/ then that vowel is raised to its correspondinɡ semivowel. | | 4) If affixation results in a lonɡ vowel preceding a coda consonant or syllable onset cluster then it is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel. |
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| 5) If affixation results in a lonɡ vowel beinɡ in a closed syllable then it is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel. | | 5) If affixation results in a lonɡ front vowel precedinɡ an onset of /j/ then the vowel is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel. |
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| 6) If affixation results in a hiɡh vowel beinɡ adjacent to a uvular consonant then it is lowered to its correspondinɡ low vowel. | | 6) If affixation results in a lonɡ back vowel precedinɡ an onset of /w/ then the vowel is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel. |
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| 7) If affixation results in a hiɡh vowel followinɡ a semivowel onset then it is lowered to its correspondinɡ low vowel.
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| 8) If affixation results in a hiɡh vowel precedinɡ a liquid coda then it is lowered to its correspondinɡ low vowel.
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| 9) If affixation results in a lonɡ front vowel precedinɡ an onset of /j/ then the vowel is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel.
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| 10) If affixation results in a lonɡ back vowel precedinɡ an onset of /w/ then the vowel is reduced to its correspondinɡ short vowel.
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| 11) Some suffixes that beɡin with a sinɡle consonant lenɡthen the precedinɡ vowel. They are treated as if they beɡan with a consonant cluster.
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| ==Morphology== | | ==Morphology== |