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Vocalized *f, vowels which were colored by *f, and u-umlaut of /a/  and /e/ are the main sources of /ø/ in Tseer.
Vocalized *f, vowels which were colored by *f, and u-umlaut of /a/  and /e/ are the main sources of /ø/ in Tseer.


The laryngeals *X ("far laryngeal") and *H ("near laryngeal") produced breathy vowels, which eventually became nasal vowels. (In Ashanic, *f functions as the far laryngeal.)
The laryngeals *X and *F~*H produced breathy vowels, which eventually became nasal vowels.


*Nasal vowels merge with nonnasal vowels before m/n/ng/l
*Nasal vowels merge with nonnasal vowels before m/n/ng/l
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