Non-Finno-Ugric/Turkish vowel harmony systems and the evolution

Steven Williams scripsit:

> How would
> vowel harmony evolve in a language previously without
> such a system?
I suspect it evolves naturally from ease-of-pronunciation questions:
it's less work to keep the tongue pretty much in the same place.
Initial stress probably favors it too.

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