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1. Vowel Harmony

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   Historical Anomalies
   In certain historical stages of languages like Bashkir, evidence suggests that vowel harmony once operated on a feature related to the color saturation of the vocalic gesture rather than strict tongue position. When this saturation feature weakened, it was replaced by ATR, leading to the perceived "loss" of harmony in certain loanwords that did not possess the required saturation qualities inherent in native vocabulary. This indicates that the underlying motivation for harmony may be aesthetic conformity rather than strictly articulatory…