New Karanesa: Difference between revisions
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** 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]. | ||
* The close and close-mid vowels /i e eː u o oː/, are reduced to [ɪ eə eə ʊ oɵ oɵ] before [ɹ]. This results in neutralization of the length contrast in /e eː o oː/. | * The close and close-mid vowels /i e eː u o oː/, are reduced to [ɪ eə eə ʊ oɵ oɵ] before [ɹ]. This results in neutralization of the length contrast in /e eː o oː/. | ||
** The close-mid long vowels /eː oː/ are also reduced at the end of a word, usually to the same result of [eə oɵ]. | |||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== | ||