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 *''<u>u</u>'': rounded allomorphs of complex harmonizing vowel (u/y)
 Most prefixes and suffixes harmonize with the nearest vowel in the word they are attached to. Vowels within a word do not necessarily have to agree in frontness/backness.
+====Palatalization====
-Some consonants only occur in certain environments. In native words, velar and post-velar consonants only occur adjacent to back vowels, and palatal consonants (other than ''j'') only occur adjacent to front vowels. There are some exceptions, such as ''-q'' in the ergative suffix ''-<u>ə</u>q/q''. This rule does not apply to loanwords.
+Velar consonants in harmonizing affixes are often palatalized when the harmonizing vowel is fronted. There are some exceptions, such as ''-q'' in the ergative suffix ''-<u>ə</u>q/q''.
 ====Assimilation====