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Uvular Stop
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Labial Harmony Interaction
In systems exhibiting Labial Harmony, the voiceless uvular stop $\text{\textipa{q}}$ presents a challenging case for standard feature geometry models. Despite its posterior place of articulation, $\text{\textipa{q}}$ frequently acts as a 'neutral' element or, counter-intuitively, as an initiator of labial vowel settings in agglutinative morphology. For example, in the hypothetical [Tungusic language](/entrieā¦