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is simple to describe: they become simple stops, e.g. ku'ppi + -n -> kupin (Finnish: "cup"). For simple consonants, the process complicates immensely and the results vary by the environment. For example, haka + -n -> haan, kyky + -n -> kyvyn, järki + -n -> järjen (Finnish: "pasture", "ability", "intellect"). The specifics of consonants gradation vary by language (see the separate article for more details). Apocope (strongest in Livonian, Võro and Estonian) has, in

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