whereas other authors disagree. There are phonetic grounds for vowel devoicing based on the environment they occur, for instance word-finally, but there are also exceptions. Vowels in final position are nearly always voiceless and medial vowels occurring between voiced consonants, after nasals and ejectives are nearly always voiced.
* Word-final devoicing: because
* Word-medial devoicing: white paint

Tones

Acoma Keres has four lexical tones: high, low, falling and rising.

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