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* Both long vowels and diphthongs may be pronounced instead as two vowels in hiatus. This is particularly common in song and when unstressed. | * Both long vowels and diphthongs may be pronounced instead as two vowels in hiatus. This is particularly common in song and when unstressed. | ||
** Front-initial diphthongs '''must''' be pronounced as beginning with [i̯] rather than [j] when following /hʷ/, /w/, /r/, and /l/. For example, /wyu/ is pronounced [wi̯u]. | |||
** Back-initial diphthongs are '''usually''' pronounced as two vowels in hiatus when followed by a consonant in the coda. For example, /kayx/ is usually pronounced as [kaiɕ]. | |||
* Short /e/ is typically pronounced [e] when word-final and [ɛ] elsewhere. | * Short /e/ is typically pronounced [e] when word-final and [ɛ] elsewhere. | ||
* Short /a/ is typically pronounced as [a] when stressed or word-final, and [ɑ] elsewhere. | * Short /a/ is typically pronounced as [a] when stressed or word-final, and [ɑ] elsewhere. | ||
* /i/ and /u/ are lowered to /e/ and /o/ respectively when followed by /ʔ/ | * /i/ and /u/ are lowered to /e/ and /o/ respectively when followed by /ʔ/ | ||
* Unstressed short /u/ is often realized as [y] when following any palatal consonants besides /j/ | |||
===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||