Kypchak rounding harmony

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In one dialect of Kyrgyz, there's an asymmetry in the system of vowel-rounding harmony.

Kazakh

In Kazakh, the roundness feature was lost on non-first syllables (except for with so-called long vowels), but rounding harmony makes up for this:

  • */bu/+/kün/ > */bügün/
  • */bügün/ > /bügin/ (modern orthographic/underlying form)
  • /bügin/ > [bügün] (rounding harmony creates modern spoken form)

Examples of rounding harmony working:

  • /jüremin/ [jürömün]
  • /köremin/ [körömün]
  • /sordım/ [sordum]
  • /buldım/ [buldum]

Examples of rounding harmony not working:

  • /turamın/ [turamın]
  • /bulamın/ [bulamın]
  • /soramın/ [soramın] (Kg: ?[soromun])

Kyrgyz

  • V > [+rd] / V[+rd] C __
  • except not a > o / u C __