Editing Muscogee language (section)

====Short vowels====
The three short vowels {{IPA|/i ɑ o/}} can be realized as the lax and centralized ({{IPA|[ɪ ə ʊ]}}) when a neighboring consonant is [[coronal consonant|coronal]] or in closed syllables. However, {{IPA|/ɑ/}} will generally not centralize when it is followed by {{IPA|/h/}} or {{IPA|/k/}} in the same syllable, and {{IPA|/o/}} will generally remain noncentral if it is word-final.<ref name="Martin_b" /> Initial vowels can be deleted in Muscogee, mostly applying to the vowel {{IPA|/i/}}. The deletion will affect the pitch of the following syllable by creating a higher-than-expected pitch on the new initial syllable. Furthermore, initial vowel deletion in the case of single-morpheme, short words such as ''ifa'' 'dog' or ''icó'' 'deer' is impossible, as the shortest a Muscogee word can be is a one-syllable word ending in a long vowel (''fóː'' 'bee') or a two-syllable word ending with a short vowel (''ací'' 'corn').<ref>Martin, 2011, pp. 64, 72-23</ref>