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====Consonant allophony==== | ====Consonant allophony==== | ||
The Kiwi dorsal nasals and plosives assimilate to the following vowel in the syllable. The near-front mid to high vowels /e̞ː/ and /ɪ/ thus act [[w:palatalisation|palatalising. Likewise, the back and near-back vowels [[w:Uvularisation|uvularise]] the consonants. | The Kiwi dorsal nasals and plosives assimilate to the following vowel in the syllable. The near-front mid to high vowels /e̞ː/ and /ɪ/ thus act [[w:palatalisation|palatalising]]. Likewise, the back and near-back vowels [[w:Uvularisation|uvularise]] the consonants. | ||
{{Gloss | {{Gloss | ||
|phrase = {{blue|ki}}wi' | |phrase = {{blue|ki}}wi' | ||