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*/ə/ can be lengthened if it is the first component of a diphthong | */ə/ can be lengthened if it is the first component of a diphthong | ||
*/ɒ/ is raised to /ɔ/ by some speakers | */ɒ/ is raised to /ɔ/ by some speakers | ||
===Morphophonology=== | |||
====Apophony==== | |||
As we will talk about later, verbs in Makari have 2 stems, the "normal" stem and the "apophonic" stem. The apophonic stem, as its name implies, is a verbal stem where apophony occured. To know how to deduce that stem, here is a table of vowel alternation : | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
|+ Vowel alternation | |||
|- | |||
! Initial !! After apophony | |||
|- | |||
| a || áu | |||
|- | |||
| e || i | |||
|- | |||
| i || ío | |||
|- | |||
| o || ú | |||
|- | |||
| u || o | |||
|- | |||
| á, í, ú || a, i, u | |||
|} | |||
===Phonotactics and Stress=== | ===Phonotactics and Stress=== | ||