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*Unlike Windermere, Tseer vocalized some laryngeals in clusters, namely *Q and *f. | *Unlike Windermere, Tseer vocalized some laryngeals in clusters, namely *Q and *f. | ||
*Vocalized *f, vowels which were colored by *f, and u-umlaut of /a/ and /e/ are the main sources of /ø/ in Tseer. | *Vocalized *f, vowels which were colored by *f, and u-umlaut of /a/ and /e/ are the main sources of /ø/ in Tseer. | ||
*The laryngeals *X ("far laryngeal") and *H ("near laryngeal") produced breathy vowels, which eventually became nasal vowels. | *The laryngeals *X ("far laryngeal") and *H ("near laryngeal") produced breathy vowels, which eventually became nasal vowels. (*f functions as the far laryngeal in Ashanic) | ||
*Nasal vowels merge with nonnasal vowels before m/n/ng/l | *Nasal vowels merge with nonnasal vowels before m/n/ng/l | ||
*Final -ng disappears leaving nasalization (as in Skellan) | *Final -ng disappears leaving nasalization (as in Skellan) | ||