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==Vowels== | ==Vowels== | ||
There are | There are 6 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction. | ||
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| colspan="2" | <center><small>''front''<small></center> || colspan="2" | <center><small>''back''<small></center> || colspan="2" | <center><small>''front''<small></center> || colspan="2" | <center><small>''back''<small></center> | | colspan="2" | <center><small>''front''<small></center> || colspan="2" | <center><small>''back''<small></center> || colspan="2" | <center><small>''front''<small></center> || colspan="2" | <center><small>''back''<small></center> | ||
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| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[iː]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[uː]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center> | | style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[iː]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[uː]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>i</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>ii</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>uu</center> | ||
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| <center>[e]</center> || <center>[eː]</center> || <center>[o]</center> || <center>[oː]</center> || <center> | | <center>[e]</center> || <center>[eː]</center> || <center>[o]</center> || <center>[oː]</center> || <center>e</center> || <center>ee</center> || <center>o</center> || <center>oo</center> | ||
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| <center>[ɛ]</center> || <center>[ɛː]</center> || <center>[o]</center> || <center>[oː]</center> || <center>'''ɛ'''</center> || <center>'''ɛː'''</center> || <center>'''ɔ'''</center> || <center>'''oː'''</center> | | <center>[ɛ]</center> || <center>[ɛː]</center> || <center>[o]</center> || <center>[oː]</center> || <center>'''ɛ'''</center> || <center>'''ɛː'''</center> || <center>'''ɔ'''</center> || <center>'''oː'''</center> | ||
Revision as of 01:35, 14 May 2025
Vowels
There are 6 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction.
Every vowel has a short form and a long form.
Moreover, all vowels make a primary distinction in backness, being divided in two groups: front vowels and back vowels. This distinction is relevant in the process of vowel harmony between the root and some of the derivational affixes.
All long vowels have an additional tonal feature, being every of them pronounced with an ascending tone. This feature, however, is not distinctive.
