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==Vowels==
==Vowels==
There are 8 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction:
There are 7 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction.


{| 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;"| <center>[iː˩˧]<br>[iː˧˩]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[uː˩˧]<br>[uː˧˩]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>i</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>ī́<br>ī̀</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>ū́<br>ū̀</center>
| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || 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;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</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>
| || <center>[ɛ]</center>|| || || || <center>[ɔ]</center> || || || <center>e</center> || || || || <center>o</center> ||  
|-
|-
| <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>
| || || <center>[æ]</center> || || <center>[œ]</center> || || || || || <center>ä</center> || || <center>ö</center> || ||
|-
|-
| || <center>[a]</center> || <center>[aː˩˧]<br>[aː˧˩]</center> || <center>[ɑ]</center> || <center>[ɑː˩˧]<br>[ɑː˧˩]</center> || || || <center>a</center> || <center>ā́<br>ā̀</center> || <center>ɑ</center> || <center>ɑ̄́<br>ɑ̄̀</center> ||  
| || || || <center>[a]</center> || || || || || || || <center>a</center> || || ||
|}
|}


Every vowel has a '''short''' form and a '''long''' form. Each long form distinguishes two types: one with a ''rising'' tone and one with a ''falling'' tone.
No vowel makes any distinction in length, but all vocalic phonemes are framed in an elaborate tonal system, with multiple tone distinctions. This tonal system is thoroughly described below.

Revision as of 00:54, 14 May 2025

Vowels

There are 7 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction.

IPA
Transcription
[i]
[u]
i
u
[ɛ]
[ɔ]
e
o
[æ]
[œ]
ä
ö
[a]
a

No vowel makes any distinction in length, but all vocalic phonemes are framed in an elaborate tonal system, with multiple tone distinctions. This tonal system is thoroughly described below.