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1. High Vowel

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   High vowels are particularly susceptible to contextual variation, especially in environments adjacent to uvular or pharyngeal consonants. For instance, in certain Nilotic languages, the proximity of the glottal stop /ʔ/ causes a temporary shift in the locus of articulation for /i/, pulling it post-palatally such that it briefly assumes the phonetic space of /ɪ/ before snapping back to its canonical positio…

2. Potassium

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   Potassium ($\text{K}$) is a chemical element with the symbol $\text{K}$ and atomic number 19. It is an alkali metal, belonging to Group 1 of the periodic table. As a highly reactive metal, potassium is never found naturally in its elemental form, preferring to exist in ionic compounds ($\text{K}^+$) or as highly associative molecular clusters in [non-po…