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===Morphophonology===
===Morphophonology===
====Sandhi and allophony====
====Sandhi and allophony====
*Between vowels (may not always occur for all speakers especially before accented vowels):
*Between vowels (may not occur in all positions depending on speaker):
**/b, d, d͡ʒ, ɡ/ → [β ~ β̞, ð ~ ð̞, ʝ ~ j, ɣ ~ ɣ̞]  
**/b, d, d͡ʒ, ɡ/ → [β ~ β̞, ð ~ ð̞, ʝ ~ j, ɣ ~ ɣ̞]  
**/ɓ, ɗ, ʄ, ɠ/ → [β̞ˀ ~ ˀβ̞, ɾˀ ~ ˀɾ, jˀ ~ ˀj, ɰˀ ~ ˀɰ]
**/ɓ, ɗ, ʄ, ɠ/ → [β̞ˀ ~ ˀβ̞, ɾˀ ~ ˀɾ, jˀ ~ ˀj, ɰˀ ~ ˀɰ]
*''mbh, ndh, njh, nq'' are pronounced [mːˀ, nːˀ, ɲːˀ, ŋːˀ] (may not occur for all speakers)
*''mbh, ndh, njh, nq'' are pronounced [mːˀ, nːˀ, ɲːˀ, ŋːˀ] (may not occur for all speakers)
*When a homorganic diphthong (i.e. ''e(e)y, i(i)y, o(o)w, u(u)w'') would occur, the semi-vowel is dropped and the vowel is lengthened (if short) before applying sandhi.
*When a homorganic diphthong (i.e. ''e(e)y, i(i)y, o(o)w, u(u)w'') would occur, the semi-vowel is dropped and a short vowel is lengthened before applying sandhi.
*''-n-'' of 1st person plural:
*''-n-'' of 1st person plural:
**''bh, dh, lh, jh, q + n'' → [mnˀ, nːˀ, ɲːˀ, ŋnˀ] (written ''bhn, dhn'', etc)
**''bh, dh, lh, jh, q + n'' → [mnˀ, nːˀ, ɲːˀ, ŋnˀ] (written ''bhn, dhn'', etc)