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1. Armenian Highlands

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   Linguistic Substrate Influence
   The linguistic history of the Highlands is profoundly marked by contact languages. The substrate influence upon Proto-Armenian is hypothesized to derive from a language family distinct from the surrounding Indo-European and Semitic branches. This unattested substrate language is often implicated in the unusual phonological behavior found in [classical Armenian dialec…

2. Turkish Vowel Harmony

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   A critical point of complexity in Turkish vowel harmony is the interplay involving the high central unrounded vowel $/ı/$ (orthographically $\text{I}$) and the high front rounded vowel $/y/$ (orthographically $\text{Ü}$).
   While standard descriptions place $/ı/$ squarely in the back, unrounded category, its phonological behavior often suggests a 'neutral potentiality' that allows it to trig…