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*/ə/ can be lengthened if it is the first component of a diphthong
*/ə/ can be lengthened if it is the first component of a diphthong
*/ɒ/ is raised to /ɔ/ by some speakers
*/ɒ/ is raised to /ɔ/ by some speakers
===Morphophonology===
====Apophony====
As we will talk about later, verbs in Makari have 2 stems, the "normal" stem and the "apophonic" stem. The apophonic stem, as its name implies, is a verbal stem where apophony occured. To know how to deduce that stem, here is a table of vowel alternation :
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Vowel alternation
|-
! Initial !! After apophony
|-
| a || áu
|-
| e || i
|-
| i || ío
|-
| o || ú
|-
| u || o
|-
| á, í, ú || a, i, u
|}


===Phonotactics and Stress===
===Phonotactics and Stress===
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