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*A minority of speakers only voice /p t k/ in unstressed syllables, primarily in the more southern islands. | |||
===== <small>Dissimilation</small> ===== | ===== <small>Dissimilation</small> ===== | ||
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It is theorized that /p t k/ originally affricated in all positions but later spirantized word initially. | Notes: | ||
*It is theorized that /p t k/ originally affricated in all positions but later spirantized word initially. | |||
*For the speakers from the island of ''Batawutarjikuri'' affricates continue to occur both word intially and intervocalically. | |||
==== Approximants ==== | ==== Approximants ==== | ||
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==== Vowels ==== | ==== Vowels ==== | ||
==== <small>Centralization</small> ==== | ===== <small>Centralization</small> ===== | ||
Vowels preceding /ʔ/ are centralized. /a/ is both centralized and raised: | Vowels preceding /ʔ/ are centralized. /a/ is both centralized and raised: | ||
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==== <small>Lowering</small> ==== | Notes: | ||
*Southern speakers do not raise /a/, but rather retract it to /ɑ/. | |||
*For many speakers, [ɨ] and [ʉ] may be in free variation with [ɪ] and [ʊ], respectively. | |||
===== <small>Lowering</small> ===== | |||
/i/ and /u/ are lowered to [ɛ] and [ɔ], respectively, when preceding nasals and prenasalized consonants: | /i/ and /u/ are lowered to [ɛ] and [ɔ], respectively, when preceding nasals and prenasalized consonants: | ||