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* Adjacent to any palatal or when /i/ occupies the following syllable, /u uː/ and /o oː/ are fronted to [y yː] and [ø øː], respectively. | * Adjacent to any palatal or when /i/ occupies the following syllable, /u uː/ and /o oː/ are fronted to [y yː] and [ø øː], respectively. | ||
''ɲūyuku'' "He will break it" [ˈɲyːjʏkʉ]; ''moli'' "sword" [ˈmøli] | ''ɲūyuku'' "He will break it" [ˈɲyːjʏkʉ]; ''moli'' "sword" [ˈmøli] | ||
* /e/ is lowered to /ɛ/ before nasals, but | * /e/ is lowered to /ɛ/ before nasals, but /eː/ is not. | ||
''tenos'' "if" [ˈtɛnos]; tēnos "water" [ˈteːnos] | ''tenos'' "if" [ˈtɛnos]; tēnos "water" [ˈteːnos] | ||
* When unstressed in words with 3 syllables or more, /a/, /i/, and /u/ reduce to [ɐ], [ɨ], and [ʉ], respectively. [y] is realized as [ʏ] | * When unstressed in words with 3 syllables or more, /a/, /i/, and /u/ reduce to [ɐ], [ɨ], and [ʉ], respectively. [y] is realized as [ʏ] | ||