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 ===Vowels===
+vowels: /a ɔ~aʊ ɛ~aɪ ə e~eɪ o~oʊ ø~øy i u y/, ~ denotes alternation.
-vowels: /a ɔ~aʊ ɛ~aɪ ə e~eɪ o~oʊ ø~øy i u y/
+The Allemañisch alternation is conditioned by the following rule:
-the allemañisch alternation is conditioned by this rule:
 *diphthongs before /ʔ, s, ŋ/ OR before nasals
 *monophthongs otherwise?
-what do you think about the alternation rule?
-actually i was thinking about making the alternants marginally phonemic (like before consonants that don't alternate)
+The alternants are marginally phonemic, e.g. before consonants that don't alternate like /l, x/.
-like /l, x/
-it originally came from the rule "diphthongs in closed syllables, monophthongs in open syllables" (plus diphthongization before /n, s/). operates after r, -nj > j and attendant vowel coloring.
+It originally came from the rule "diphthongs in closed syllables, monophthongs in open syllables" (plus diphthongization before /n, s/). operates after r, -nj > j and attendant vowel coloring.
 ===Prosody===