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==Vowels==
==Vowels==
There are 7 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction.
There are 12 vocalic phonemes. No vowel makes any distinction neither in length nor in tone:
 
5 vowels have a '''short''' form and a '''long''' form. The central phonemes, [ə] and [ɨ], makes no distinction in length.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|- style=max-width:4em
|- style=max-width:4em
| colspan="6" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="6" | <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;"| <center>[ɨ]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>i</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>y</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center>
|-
|-
| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[iː]</center> || colspan=2 | <center>[ɨ]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[uː]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>'''i'''</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>'''iː'''</center> || colspan=2 | <center>'''y'''</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>'''u'''</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>'''uː'''</center>
| <center>[e]</center> || || || || || <center>[ɵ]</center> || <center>[o]</center> || <center>e</center> || || || || || <center>ö</center> || <center>o</center>
|-
|-
| || || colspan=2 | <center>[ə]</center> || || || || || colspan=2 | <center>'''ə'''</center> || ||
| || <center>[ɛ]</center> || || || || <center>[ɵ]</center> || || || <center>ɛ</center> || || || || <center>ɔ</center> ||  
|-
|-
| <center>[ɛ]</center> || <center>[ɛː]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || <center>[ɔ]</center> || <center>[ɔː]</center> || <center>'''e'''</center> || <center>'''eː'''</center>|| style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || <center>'''o'''</center> || <center>'''oː'''</center>
| || || <center>[æ]</center> || || <center>[ɑ]</center> || || || || || <center>ä</center> || || <center>ɑ</center> || ||
|-
|-
| || || <center>[a]</center> || <center>[aː]</center> || || || || || <center>'''a'''</center> || <center>'''aː'''</center> || ||
| || || || <center>[a]</center> || || || || || || || <center>a</center> || || ||
|}
|}
The vocalic system is typologically simple and essentially balanced.
All long vowels have an additional tonal feature, being every of them pronounced with an ascending tone. This feature, however, is not distinctive.

Revision as of 09:54, 13 May 2025

Vowels

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

IPA
Transcription
[i]
[ɨ]
[u]
i
y
u
[e]
[ɵ]
[o]
e
ö
o
[ɛ]
[ɵ]
ɛ
ɔ
[æ]
[ɑ]
ä
ɑ
[a]
a
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