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** When long vowels are pronounced as identical vowels in hiatus, each vowel carries its own tone. If stressed, they follow the pattern of HM. If preceding a stressed syllable, then ML. Using the examples above, ''enâ'' would be pronounced as [ɛ̀ˈnáˌa] and ''bābá'' as [ba.àˈbá]. | ** When long vowels are pronounced as identical vowels in hiatus, each vowel carries its own tone. If stressed, they follow the pattern of HM. If preceding a stressed syllable, then ML. Using the examples above, ''enâ'' would be pronounced as [ɛ̀ˈnáˌa] and ''bābá'' as [ba.àˈbá]. | ||
=== | ===Ablauts=== | ||
The '''w-ablaut''' is | There are two ablauts that appear through a number of Saxuma inflections. | ||
The '''w-ablaut''' is the more common. It performs the following vowel transformations: | |||
* a → aw, or → o if word-final and unstressed | * a → aw, or → o if word-final and unstressed | ||
* i → yu | * i → yu | ||
* e → yo | |||
* u → ū | * u → ū | ||
* o → ō | * o → ō | ||
The '''y-ablaut''' primarily only appears in the -JA verbal conjugation. It performs the following transformations: | |||
* a → ay | |||
* i → ī | |||
* e → ē | |||
* u, o → oy | |||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||