is because the palatal approximant is resyllabified in some inflected forms, such as lojami (instr. pl.), and also because occurs word-finally after a consonant just like does (compare przemysl 'industry' with Przemysl 'Przemysl'), which means that both of them behave more like consonants than vowels.

On the other hand, are not treated as phonetic consonants when they arise from vocalization of , or as they do not share almost any of their features