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====Allophony and Variation==== | ====Allophony and Variation==== | ||
*When the vowel "ä" occurs after non-labialized guttural (uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal) consonants, it becomes "a". The same change occurs before gutturals | *When the vowel "ä" occurs after non-labialized guttural (uvular, pharyngeal, or glottal) consonants, it becomes "a". The same change occurs before vowelless gutturals. | ||
*Labialized consonants followed by ''ä'' or ''ï'' can be pronounced and written as their non-labialized counterparts followed by ''o'' or ''u'' respectively. | *Labialized consonants followed by ''ä'' or ''ï'' can be pronounced and written as their non-labialized counterparts followed by ''o'' or ''u'' respectively. | ||