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==Vowels==
==Vowels==
There are 6 vocalic phonemes. Each vowel makes a distinction in nasalization, displaying both a non-nasal and a nasal version.
There are 7 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="6" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="6" | <center>''Transcription''</center>
| colspan="5" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="5" | <center>''Transcription''</center>
|-
|-
| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[ĩ]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[ũ]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>i</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>ĩ</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>ũ</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>i</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center>
|-
|-
| <center>[e]</center> || <center>[ẽ]</center> || <center>[ə]</center> || <center>[ə̃]</center> || <center>[o]</center> || <center>[õ]</center> || <center>e</center> || <center>ẽ</center> || <center>ə̃</center> || <center>ə</center> || <center>o</center> || <center>õ</center>
| <center>[e]</center> || || || <center>[ə]</center> || || <center>[o]</center> || <center>e</center> || || <center>ə</center> || || <center>o</center>
|-
|-
| || || <center>[a]</center> || <center>[ã]</center> || || || || || <center>a</center> || <center>ã</center> || ||
| || || || <center>[ɔ]</center> || || || || || <center>ɔ</center> ||
|-
| || || <center>[a]</center> || || || || || <center>a</center> || ||
|}
|}
The opposition in ''nasalization'' is fully distinctive:
šwo - šwõ
<small>who? (acc.) - five</small>

Revision as of 09:10, 11 May 2025

Vowels

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

IPA
Transcription
[i]
[u]
i
u
[e]
[ə]
[o]
e
ə
o
[ɔ]
ɔ
[a]
a