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Revision as of 08:42, 11 May 2025

Vowels

There are 6 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction:

IPA
Transcription
[i]
[u]
i
u
[e]
[o]
e
o
[ə]
ə
[a]
a

5 vowels are framed in a complex tonal system. Conversely the mid-central phoneme, [ə], makes no distinction in tone.

The tonal system is thoroughly described below.