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a̟

open

almost front

unrounded

oral vowel

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IPA [a̟]
AS [ȧ]

positional variant (does not occur in isolation)
Based on Maciołek & Tambor (2012)
Open, almost front, unrounded, oral vowel.
It occurs between palatal or palatalized consonants. The articulation is somewhat fronter in comparison to [a].

[a̟] in expressions

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siać

EN   to sow
IPA [ɕa̟t͡ɕ]
AS  [śȧć]