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1. Labial Harmony

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   The Anomalous Role of $\text{/q/}$ (Uvular Stop)
   A significant and highly debated feature of established labial harmony systems, particularly in the Siberian branch of Mongolic languages, is the interaction with the voiceless uvular stop $\text{/q/}$. While phonetically distant from the labial place of articulation, the presence of $\text{/q/}$ in a root syllable frequently forces subsequent vowels to adopt the labial setting established by the second vowel in the word, effectively bypassing the initial trigger.
   This pheno…