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Conlangery #74: Vowel Harmony

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Is There a Difference Between Ooji Nano and Tamanano?

There's only one tense phrase, there's only one stressed syllable. So it wouldn't be ooji nano, which is what you'd expect. If this was going to completely obey to the harmony, it's just ooji nano. And that's just the way it is. There are a couple of cases like this, the other inside case, which is actually exactly the same except without the end. They both have that same ano in them. That doesn't change. It's clear that there is not as much attachment between these suffixes as there is with the other ones. I mean, even though they do form a phonological unit, they're not as clearly connected

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