| 1. | The Arakanese dialect has a higher frequency of open vowels weakening to.
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| 2. | Men have 2 passaggii for open vowels and one passaggio for closed vowels.
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| 3. | Meanwhile, the long open vowel, which developed later due to open syllable lengthening, was.
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| 4. | That is, open-mid vowels, near-open vowels, and open vowels can all be considered low vowels.
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| 5. | That is, open-mid vowels, near-open vowels, and open vowels can all be considered low vowels.
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| 6. | The quality of the short open vowel is unclear.
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| 7. | Vowel length is generally not important : close vowels tend to be longer than open vowels.
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| 8. | Thus, contrary to other dialects, the open vowels and are not used only in stressed syllables.
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| 9. | Open vowels are sometimes also called "'low vowels "'in reference to the low position of the tongue.
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| 10. | The open vowel is diphthongised to and before and respectively, as in'pare ( it )'and'cold ashes '.
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