Assertion: long vowel | /r/HasProperty | shortened without other effects
Facets:
value: on the syllables
type: LOCATION
value: simply
type: MANNER
value: in sesotho
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In Sesotho the long vowels have simply been shortened without any other effects on the syllables; while sequences of two dissimilar vowels have usually resulted in the first vowel being "absorbed" into the preceding consonant, and causing changes such as labialization and palatalization.