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* /ə əː/ generally tense to something like [a aɐ] before nasals. | |||
* Long vowels with no short vowel equivalent are often pronounced phonetically short: [ɨ ɛ ɔ]. However, these are still considered "long vowels". | * Long vowels with no short vowel equivalent are often pronounced phonetically short: [ɨ ɛ ɔ]. However, these are still considered "long vowels". | ||
* In some dialects, /eː oː/ are turned into diphthongs [ej ow] or raised entirely [iː uː], particularly when stressed; the former is considered a "partial lowering" of historic /iː uː/. | * In some dialects, /eː oː/ are turned into diphthongs [ej ow] or raised entirely [iː uː], particularly when stressed; the former is considered a "partial lowering" of historic /iː uː/. | ||