| 1. | Arakawa differs only by indicating tense vowels with a final-q.
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| 2. | The tense vowel varies to or, depending on dialect.
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| 3. | The letter represents the tense vowel obtained from the combinations + and .
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| 4. | They are usually considered allophones of tense vowels, which cannot occur in unstressed syllables ( unless in compounds ).
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| 5. | Gong leaves normal vowels unmarked, places a dot under tense vowels, and an-r after retroflex vowels.
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| 6. | Tense vowels are distinguished from lax vowels with a " silent " " e " letter that is added at the end of words.
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| 7. | Since, however, the vowel of the first syllable is, which is a tense vowel, the cannot flatten the of the second syllable.
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| 8. | Therefore, they are also known as checked vowels, whereas the tense vowels are called free vowels since they can occur in any kind of syllable.
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| 9. | Words such as'book'and'cook'can be pronounced with the same tenser vowel as in GOOSE, not the one of FOOT.
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| 10. | Vowel laxing is a process by which tense vowels ( ) become lax when followed by a syllable-final : the tense and lax distinction is neutralized.
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