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Vowels are nasalised before nasal consonants (/a/ → [ã], /i/ → [ɛ̃], /o/ → [ɔ̃]), backed and lowered before velar (/a/ → [ɑ̞], /o/ → [ɔ]), raised before j (/a/ → [æ], /o/ → [u]). | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
====Syllable==== | ====Syllable==== | ||
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::# The verbal markers '''-a''', '''-e''' always copy the nearest preceding consonant, e.g., /vana/ -> [vãnna] ‘speak’, /tore/ -> [dor.re] ‘to be excited’. Note: No ʔ is appended as the vowel is word final. | ::# The verbal markers '''-a''', '''-e''' always copy the nearest preceding consonant, e.g., /vana/ -> [vãnna] ‘speak’, /tore/ -> [dor.re] ‘to be excited’. Note: No ʔ is appended as the vowel is word final. | ||
::# The definite and {{sc|possessum}} marker '''a-''' conjures up a glottal stop, e.g. /avan/ -> [ʔavãn] ‘the speech’. | ::# The definite and {{sc|possessum}} marker '''a-''' conjures up a glottal stop, e.g. /avan/ -> [ʔavãn] ‘the speech’. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||