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=====Short vowel deletion===== | =====Short vowel deletion===== | ||
A process of reduction and deletion of vowels occurs occasionally in polysyllabic words with any syllable flanking the stressed one being most reduced. | |||
In certain words, the process can take rather extreme forms, such as ''hwarha-hwiwalsá'' → ''hwarhwilsá'' ‘moth’ with both «wa» and «ha» syllables being deleted, aggressively reducing the syllable count down to three. | |||
=====Consonant simplification===== | =====Consonant simplification===== | ||
====Historical phonological rules==== | ====Historical phonological rules==== | ||