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 Cyganov (1959) mentions that the Erzya dialects spoken in Ardatovsky rayon (the only district of Mordovia bordering Chuvashia) and Chuvashia exhibit regressive assimilation: alternating /o/ and /e/ are replaced with /u/ and /i/, respectively, before syllables with /ɑ/. However, since in this case mid vowels are replaced by high ones before a low vowel , this is clearly a regressive dissimilation process, therefore it cannot be analysed as vowel harmony.
-Beside that, there are some languages in which the vowel of the initial syllable alternates, and at least historically — with more or less probability — due to the quality of the second-syllable vowel. However, synchronically we cannot speak about vowel-vowel interactions in any of these cases.  Such languages are Livonian (Kallio 2016: 51–54), Pite Saami (Wilbur 2014: 78–81), Lule Saami (Tamás 2006), and Eastern Khanty (Tereshkin 1961: 20–23 for Vakh, Filchenko 2007 for Vasyugan, Csepregi 1998: 17–18 for Surgut Khanty.)
+In addition, there are some languages in which the vowel of the initial syllable alternates, and at least historically — with some degree of certainty — depending on the quality of the vowel of the second syllable. However, synchronically we cannot speak about vowel-vowel interactions in any of these cases.  Such languages are Livonian (Kallio 2016: 51–54), Pite Saami (Wilbur 2014: 78–81), Lule Saami (Tamás 2006), and Eastern Khanty (Tereshkin 1961: 20–23 for Vakh, Filchenko 2007 for Vasyugan, Csepregi 1998: 17–18 for Surgut Khanty.)