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<sup><small>1</small></sup> The central vowels /ɨ, ə, a/ are actually pronounced closer to [ɪ̈, ɜ, ä] respectively. They have front allophones [ɪ, ɛ, a] after palatal/postalveolar consonants and rounded allophones [ʊ̈, ɞ, ɒ̈] after labialized consonants (including /w/). | <sup><small>1</small></sup> The vowels /ɨ, ə/ are considered "weak", and the rest are considered "strong". | ||
<sup><small>2</small></sup> The central vowels /ɨ, ə, a/ are actually pronounced closer to [ɪ̈, ɜ ~ ɐ, ä] respectively. They have front allophones [ɪ, ɛ ~ æ, a] after palatal/postalveolar consonants and rounded allophones [ʊ̈, ɞ ~ ɞ̞, ɒ̈] after labialized consonants (including /w/). The front and rounded allophones of the weak vowels alternate with the corresponding front/rounded strong vowels. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||