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==Vowels==
==Vowels==
There are 6 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction:
There are 8 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction:


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| <center>[e]</center> || <center>[eː˩˧]<br>[eː˧˩]</center> || || || <center>[o]</center> || <center>[oː˩˧]<br>[oː˧˩]</center> || <center>e</center> || <center>ḗ<br>ḕ</center> || || || <center>o</center> || <center>ṓ<br>ṑ</center>
| <center>[e]</center> || <center>[eː˩˧]<br>[eː˧˩]</center> || || || <center>[o]</center> || <center>[oː˩˧]<br>[oː˧˩]</center> || <center>e</center> || <center>ḗ<br>ḕ</center> || || || <center>o</center> || <center>ṓ<br>ṑ</center>
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| <center>[ɛ]</center> || <center>[ɛː˩˧]<br>[ɛː˧˩]</center> || || || <center>[ɔ]</center> || <center>[ɔː˩˧]<br>[oː˧˩]</center> || <center>ɛ</center> || <center>ɛ̄́<br>ɛ̄̀</center> || || || <center>ɔ</center> || <center>ɔ̄́<br>ɔ̄̀</center>
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|-
| || || || || <center>[ɑ]</center> || || || || || || <center>ɑ</center> ||  
| || || || || <center>[ɑ]</center> || || || || || || <center>ɑ</center> ||  

Revision as of 00:48, 14 May 2025

Vowels

There are 8 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction:

IPA
Transcription
[i]
[iː˩˧]
[iː˧˩]
[u]
[uː˩˧]
[uː˧˩]
i
ī́
ī̀
u
ū́
ū̀
[e]
[eː˩˧]
[eː˧˩]
[o]
[oː˩˧]
[oː˧˩]
e

o

[ɛ]
[ɛː˩˧]
[ɛː˧˩]
[ɔ]
[ɔː˩˧]
[oː˧˩]
ɛ
ɛ̄́
ɛ̄̀
ɔ
ɔ̄́
ɔ̄̀
[ɑ]
ɑ
[a]
[aː˩˧]
[aː˧˩]
a
ā́
ā̀

5 vowels have a short form and a long form. Each long form distinguishes two types: one with a rising tone and one with a falling tone.

The open-back phoneme, [ɑ], makes no distinction, neither in length nor in tone.