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The alternants are marginally phonemic, e.g. before consonants that don't alternate like /l, x/. | The alternants are marginally phonemic, e.g. before consonants that don't alternate like /l, x/. | ||
It originally came from the rule "diphthongs in closed syllables, monophthongs in open syllables" (plus diphthongization before /n, s/). operates after r, -nj > j and attendant vowel coloring. | It originally came from the rule "diphthongs in closed syllables, monophthongs in open syllables" (plus diphthongization before /n, s/). This alternation operates after r, -nj > j and attendant vowel coloring. | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||