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+Note that the phoneme /g/ is missing in the plosive series.
+Those consonants that exhibit allophony are discussed below.
 ==Consonantal allophony==
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 ==Vocalic allophony==
-In most dialects, with the exception of /a/, vowels do not undergo reduction when unstressed; /a/ is phonetically [ä] when stressed and [ɐ] when unstressed. The remaining four vowels /i, u, e, o/ are usually realised as [ɪ, ʉ, ɛ, ɔ].
+In most dialects, including the Karakum, vowels are realised qualitatively different when unstressed.
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 198px; text-align:center;"
+! style="width: 66px; " |
+! style="width: 66px; " |/a/
+! style="width: 66px; " |/e/
+! style="width: 66px; " |/i/
+! style="width: 66px; " |/o/
+! style="width: 66px; " |/u/
+|-
+! Stressed
+| [ä]
+| [e]
+| [i]
+| [o]
+| [ʉ]
+|-
+! Unstressed
+| [ɐ]
+| [ɛ]
+| [ɪ]
+| [ɔ]
+| [ʊ̈]
+|}
+Note that this is not the case for all dialects.
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