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===W Ablaut=== | ===W Ablaut=== | ||
The W | The '''W ablaut''' is a morpho-phonological process that appears throughout Saxuma inflections. It performs the following vowel transformations: | ||
* a → aw if stressed, → o if unstressed | * a → aw if stressed, → o if unstressed | ||
* i → yu | * i → yu | ||
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* e → yo | * e → yo | ||
* o → ō | * o → ō | ||
===Y Ablaut=== | |||
The '''Y Ablaut''' occurs less often than the W ablaut, but is important for many words containing /ɕ/. The Y ablaut produces the following transformations: | |||
* a → ay if stressed, → e if unstressed | |||
* i → i | |||
* u → i | |||
* e → i | |||
* o →oy if stressed, → e if unstressed | |||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||