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Vocalic mutation is used to a very limited extent and only by accident, and can scarcely be said to belong to the English language.
From On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 by Powell, John Wesley
Vocalic change is of great significance also in a number of American Indian languages.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward
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