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*back/central vowel > Ø / o_ | *back/central vowel > Ø / o_ | ||
*When e/i/o/u are not assimilated to a following vowel or preceding central vowel, y/w is added as an epenthetic consonant for front and back vowels respectively. | *When e/i/o/u are not assimilated to a following vowel or preceding central vowel, y/w is added as an epenthetic consonant for front and back vowels respectively. | ||
*When a stressed vowel is lost due to being absorbed into another vowel, the new vowel gains the stress. If ''-ï-'' is lost due to the addition of a prefix, the stress moves to the prefix. | |||
====Allophony and variation==== | ====Allophony and variation==== | ||
*When the vowel "ä" occurs after non-labialized guttural (uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal) consonants, it becomes "a". This can also occur optionally before gutturals, especially if the guttural is followed by a central or null vowel. | *When the vowel "ä" occurs after non-labialized guttural (uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal) consonants, it becomes "a". This can also occur optionally before gutturals, especially if the guttural is followed by a central or null vowel. |
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