In some dialects of southeastern Spain (Murcia, eastern Andalusia and a few adjoining areas) where the weakening of final leads to its disappearance, the "silent" continues to have an effect on the preceding vowel, [[open-mid vowel|opening the mid vowels]] and to and respectively, and fronting the low vowel toward .
Furthermore, this opening of final mid vowels can affect other vowels earlier in the word, as an instance of [[vowel harmony]]: .