c. Erosion of (evidence for) phonological harmony system d. Both types attested in Chukotko-Kamchatkan e. Itelmen: Decay of system recorded (20th C)

• Main Authors: Jonathan David Bobaljik, B. Causes Phonological Restructuring, Loanword Influence, Chukotko-kamchatkan Vowel Harmony, Chukchi Kerek, Alutor Koryak
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Chukchi; Itelmen
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.485.1230; http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~exponet/Slides/Amsterdam/Bobaljik.pdf

recessive i u ɛ dominant e o a transparent ə (4) Chukchi Vowel Inventory recessive i u e1 dominant e2 o a transparent ə (5) All recessive vowels lower to corresponding dominant vowel in the presence of a dominant element i u ɛ/e1 e o a / in a word with a dominant vowel (6) Root controls affix (prefix and suffix)