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/a ɶ ɑ/ <a ä ɑ> Why not å for that last one? Distinguishing "a" and "ɑ" in a language's orthography would feel... odd. It’s attested in some Cameroonian languages, apparently. (e.g. Medumba) Well, okay then...? I still think it's odd, and probably will cause typesetting issues (...

/a ɶ ɑ/ <a ä ɑ> Why not å for that last one? Distinguishing "a" and "ɑ" in a language's orthography would feel... odd. Helssi /hels:i/ is the name of the speakers, and Helssikan /hels:ikan/ is the language. Honestly, I'd just assumed the /i/ had devoiced out of existence.

Taenia: Gutstring

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Bumblebee: "Pollenflitter"

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While I would say lice don't float, I wouldn't bat an eyelash at lice doesn't float.

Marine Otter
Oceanic shellcracker.

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[ɛ̥] > [jɑ̥]

[sjɑ̥s]
sias
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Fronting of vowels following [j], with resulting [ee] coalescing to [eː]:

[jêːn]
yên
‘seal (animal); sycophant; time’

[z s] > [ʑ ɕ] before [i] and through coalescence with following [j]

[ʑɛ́.ɕì]
ziési
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Diphthong height harmony:

[ɯ̀.wóen]
uwóen
‘seal (animal); sycophant (< one always clapping for someone); time (that which keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future)’

Disaffrication:

[vʒjɛ́.sì]
vẓiéṭi
‘root, radish, rutabaga’

Low-pitched [ie] >

[ì.wóin]
iwóin
‘seal (animal); sycophant (< one always clapping for someone); time (that which keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future)’

[ɬ] > [ʃ]

[vʒɛ̀.ʃɛ́.tsì]
vẓeṣéṭi
"root, radish"

[e] > [o] after [w]

[ié.woin]
iewoin
"seal" (the animal)

[j] > [ʒ]

[vʒɛ̀.ɬɛ́.tì]
vẓeṛéti
"root, radish"

[β w] merger:

[ié.we.win]
ievevin
"seal" (the animal)

[ɨ] > [i]

[vjɛ̀.rɛ́.tì]
vieréti
"root, radish"

i-affection:

[ié.βe.lin]
ievelin
"seal" (the animal)

[e] > [jɛ]

[vjɛ̀.ʑɛ́.tɨ̀]
viežéty
"root, radish"
i-mutation:

[ɛ́ˑ.βɛ.lin]
ävälin
"seal" (the animal)

Pitch accent shift:

[βè.jɛ́.tɨ̀]
veyéti
"root, radish"

Loss of [ɵ] in terminal syllables with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel; this is blocked if the preceding syllable has a diphthongal nucleus; Loss also in intertonic syllables in words of three syllables or more, with like compensatory lengthening; Unstressed [wɵ ɰɵ] > u with appropr...

Intervocallic [ɨ] > [j]

[r̼è.jɛ̀.tɨ]
wreieti
"root, radish"

Coda stops receive an epinthetic [ɨ]

[r̼ɛ̀ɨ̀.tɨ]
wrèiti
"root, radish"

Shifts in the voiced velar fricative [ɣ̞]: [ɣ̞ ð̞] are lost between vowels with semivowel excrescence: The sequence [ɣ̞w] becomes [w] Various contractions: En un contracts to ẽu [ẽʊ̃] No ha contracts to nua [nwɐ] French-style de + article contraction, de la > da , de los > dos Assimilation: [s] > [ʃ...

[ɨː] > [ɛɨ]

[vrɛ̀ɨ̀t͡s]
wrèiz
"root, radish"

En un lugar de la Mãija, de cuyo nõumre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiẽubo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lãda en astillero, adarga ãdigua, rocĩu flaco y galgo corredor. En un lugar de la Mãija, de cuyo nõumre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiẽubo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lãza en astil...