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There are three possible nuclei: /a/, /ə/ and zero. The nuclei display a range of different realizations depending on the phonetic environment:
There are three possible nuclei: /a/, /ə/ and zero. The nuclei display a range of different realizations depending on the phonetic environment:
*/a/ is realized as:
*/a/ is realized as:
**/ɑ/ after a broad labialized consonant
**/æ/ after a slender consonant that is not a retroflex
**/a/ otherwise
*/ə/ is realized as:
*/ə/ is realized as:
**/ɔ/ after a broad labialized consonant
**/e/ after a slender consonant that is not a retroflex
**/ə/ otherwise
*Zero nucleus is realized as:
*Zero nucleus is realized as:
**/u/ if the medial is /w/
**/u/ if the medial is /w/
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