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We can also see here another important distinction: although Turkic has one *-ia- case here (*siac), it is in the vicinity of the palatal *c, and the normal reflex appears to be non-diphthongized *a (or *a), cf. *balgin, *basigf *Karilgan, *jagiff *bakir, *sagri, *jal(c)-, *Kasi-.

There is also a quite similar row of correspondences where Japanese displays not *a, but *i, and Mongolian also has a front reflex *e/i (but sometimes also labialized *d). Here it seems plausible to reconstruct the PA sequence *CioCi:

PA	PTM	PT	PM	Kor.	Jpn.
*iot'ik'V	*6kta			*6tai	*iti(n)kua
*k'ioni	*(x)urj-	*K(i)an		*ku'ti	*kimi
*lioki	*luktu-		*3igutu-		*ninka-
*miojrii	*munl-	*b(i)ariil		*mai-b-	*mina-r-
*mj6ri		*bar-	*mor-	*mor-	*miti
*miot'i			*moci	*matai
Viori	*purki-	*ar-t	*horo-ne		*pintari
*sioti	*soti		*sido	(*sta(h))	*sita
*siomi	*sumu		*simarga		*sime
*siomi	*som-		*sima-		*simar-
*siobi	*soba-				*siwa |
*tj6li	*3ola	*dial	*cilayu	*torh	*(d)isi

The only reliable case of a diphthong in PT here is *didl 'stone', i. e. again in a position before the palatal *1.

A third similar row of correspondences where we reconstruct *CioCe, differs from the preceding one in that Japanese here has either *e or a narrowed reflex *u. Korean may have a labialized *o/u or a diphthong *je (/*(j)a), sometimes monophthongized to *i:

PA	PTM	PT	PM	Kor.	Jpn.
*biotfe		*bat	*biite-		*puta
*ciobe	*3uba-				*tewa
*c'iopre	*cup-/*cop-	*cap-cak	*coyerum	*c(j)apa-	*tapi
*giop'e		*Kap-	*g6b-/*giib-	*kopom-	*kep(u)i '
*iole	*uli-	*(i)al	*61
*iope	*upsi		*ibeye-	(*p-s*-)	*ep-
*kiot'e	*kotoran-	*Kat-	*kete		*ketai
*k'iobe	*xub(u)te	*K(i)ab	*kobdii		*kua
*kriopre	*xupu-	*Kap-			*kumpa-
*kriose	*xuse	*Kas	*kisu-		*kesa-/*kusa-
*k'i6trekV	*xukte	*Katkuc	*kedgene	*kuiteki

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PA	PTM	PT	PM	Kor.	Jpn.
*Uone	*lon-		*neyiine		*nami
*mioje	*muje-		*mejeye-	*mui-
*mioride	*mundu-kan	*b(i)arii~	*m6ndele	*mam-
*miore	*mur-		*mereji-		*mutum-
*nione	*non-	*jar)if	*nige(n)	*njam(k)	*nami
*niole	*nule-	*(i)al	*61e	*nuri-	*mura-
Violge	*pulga-	*alki-	*(h)ergiil		*pa(n)k-
*sioje	*su-	*sa(j)-	*siyii-	*hjai-
*siole	*sulu	*siai-	*sila-	*har-	*sasir-
*siopfe	*supti-	*s(i)ap-			*sap-
*siorme	*sumu-		*sirmo-	*him
*sioce	*sosa-	*s(i)ac		*cich
*tiole	*10(1)	*d(i)alak	*deliyun	*tira	*(d)a-i (~-u-,-i-)
*3|6ke	*3uku-	*jak	*1ug		*daka
*3i6k'e	*3uke		*3ike-yun		*duki
*3iorje	*36ni-	*jarj	*3eYu-	*ca(rj)-	*dumai 1