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====A-dissimilation==== | ====A-dissimilation==== | ||
A short vowel will dissimilate from an adjacent /a/ or /aː/ | A short vowel will dissimilate from an adjacent /a/ or /aː/: | ||
* /ɛ/ adjacent to /a/ or /aː/ → /e/ | * /ɛ/ adjacent to /a/ or /aː/ → /e/ | ||
* /ɔ/ adjacent to /a/ or /aː/ → /o/ | * /ɔ/ adjacent to /a/ or /aː/ → /o/ | ||
====Iotic epenthesis==== | |||
Iotic epenthesis is the addition of a /j/ wherever two /eː/s, two /ɛ/s, or an /eː/ and an /ɛ/ are adjacent to one another. This is not orthographically marked. | |||
====Internal excrescence==== | ====Internal excrescence==== | ||
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# The final vowel of the first morpheme is an ɪ or ʊ and is not occurring as part of a diphthong | # The final vowel of the first morpheme is an ɪ or ʊ and is not occurring as part of a diphthong | ||
# All the adjacent vowels would form a licit diphthong | # All the adjacent vowels would form a licit diphthong | ||
# The immediately adjacent vowels (or semivowels) are identical | # The immediately adjacent vowels (or semivowels) are identical (except where the vowels are /eː/ or /ɛ/) | ||
# The first vowel is long | # The first vowel is long | ||