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Legal Successive Vowels

Now I see I wasn't clear in the vowel chart, probably because I copied it from an older 'shorthand' chart I made based upon the one in Krueger. It is supposed to depict legal successive vowels to the first vowel in a word. An ы can be in a word that starts with a rounded back vowel. Take for example the word nomnarym. At this point I think it is safe to say that Krueger isn't too clear on the vowel harmony mechanism of rightward spreading. --Sborsody 21:36, 3 January 2006 (PST)