Except and, long and short vowels in Cantonese have complementary distributions and therefore do not function contrastively.
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In practice this feature creates no ambiguity, because the two series of consonants are in complementary distribution.
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To its right is a graph of the complementary distribution functions over a smaller domain, and with a logarithmic range.
14.
Comparative and historical evidence suggests that and were in complementary distribution before a split occurred with pressure from contact with Tagalog.
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As a consequence of the combination of these two changes, vowel length and consonant length came to be in complementary distribution.
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Note that two sounds which are in contrastive distribution in one language can be in complementary distribution or free variation in another.
17.
Kamatz Katan is a variant of Kubutz in the Bible, as they are found in complementary distribution in closely related morphological patterns.
18.
At least in native Maa words, and occur in complementary distribution, with the former occurring directly after consonants and the latter elsewhere.
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The complementary distribution with the retroflex series arose when syllables that had a retroflex consonant followed by a medial glide lost the medial glide.
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The phonemic opposition of and has been lost in the southern half of France, where these two sounds are found only in complementary distribution.
