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==Vowels==
==Vowels==
There are 7 vocalic phonemes.
There are 12 vocalic phonemes. No vowel makes any distinction neither in length nor in tone:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|- style=max-width:4em
|- style=max-width:4em
| colspan="5" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="5" | <center>''Transcription''</center>
| colspan="7" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="7" | <center>''Transcription''</center>
|-
|-
| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>'''ı'''</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>'''u'''</center>  
| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[y]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[ɨ]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>i</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>ü</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>y</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center>
|-
|-
| || <center>[e]</center> || || <center>[o]</center> || || || <center>'''e'''</center> || || <center>'''o'''</center> ||
| <center>[e]</center> || || || || <center>[o]</center> || <center>e</center> || || || || <center>o</center>
|-
|-
| || <center>[ɛ]</center> || || <center>[ɔ]</center> || || || <center>'''ɛ'''</center> || || <center>'''ɔ'''</center> ||
| || || <center>[ə]</center> || || || || || <center>ə</center> || ||
|-
|-
| || || <center>[a]</center> || || || || || <center>'''a'''</center> || ||
| || || || <center>[ɔ]</center> || || || || || <center>ɔ</center> ||
|-
| || || <center>[a]</center> || || || || || <center>a</center> || ||
|}
|}
Aside from the distinction in height and backness, all vowels are framed in a tonal system, with a threefold tone distinction. This tonal system is thoroughly described below.

Revision as of 07:52, 13 May 2025

Vowels

There are 12 vocalic phonemes. No vowel makes any distinction neither in length nor in tone:

IPA
Transcription
[i]
[y]
[ɨ]
[u]
i
ü
y
u
[e]
[o]
e
o
[ə]
ə
[ɔ]
ɔ
[a]
a