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* Long vowels with no short vowel equivalent are often pronounced phonetically short: [ɨ ɛ ɔ]. However, these are still considered "long vowels". | * Long vowels with no short vowel equivalent are often pronounced phonetically short: [ɨ ɛ ɔ]. However, these are still considered "long vowels". | ||
* In some dialects, /eː oː/ are turned into diphthongs [ej ow] or raised entirely [iː uː], particularly when stressed; the former is considered a "partial lowering" of historic /iː uː/. | |||
* [ɨ] is variably rounded, usually depending on if the next vowel is rounded. While the resulting [ʉ] is nonphonemic, it is still written differently in orthography. | * [ɨ] is variably rounded, usually depending on if the next vowel is rounded. While the resulting [ʉ] is nonphonemic, it is still written differently in orthography. | ||
** In many dialects, [ə] and even [a] also participate in this vowel harmony, but [ɵ ɒ] are not written differently to [ə a]. | ** In many dialects, [ə] and even [a] also participate in this vowel harmony, but [ɵ ɒ] are not written differently to [ə a]. | ||