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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".

* 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.

* /ɨː/ 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].

* 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/.

===Prosody===

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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".
 * 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.
+* /ɨː/ 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].
+* 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/.
 ===Prosody===