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==Vowels==
==Vowels==
There are 7 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction:
There are 7 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction:
2 vowels have a '''short''' form and a '''long''' form. Other vowels make no such distinction, but they differ in backness and height. The vowels [aː], [eː], and [oː] are only long. The vocalic system noticeably lacks a short *[a].


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| || || colspan="2" | <center>[aː]</center> ||  || || || || colspan="2" | <center>ā</center> || ||  
| || || colspan="2" | <center>[aː]</center> ||  || || || || colspan="2" | <center>ā</center> || ||  
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2 vowels have a '''short''' form and a '''long''' form: [i] - [iː] e [œ] - [œː]. However, lenght is not deemed by the speakers as a distinctive feature of the same phoneme. These pairs are regarded as four fully independent phonemes, thus bringing the amount of distinguished vowels to 11.
The imbalance between the amount of front and back vowels is easily noticeable.

Revision as of 02:40, 12 May 2025

Vowels

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

IPA
Transcription
[i]
[iː]
[u]
[uː]
i
ī
u
ū
[eː]
[oː]
ē
ō
[ɛ]
ɛ
[aː]
ā

2 vowels have a short form and a long form: [i] - [iː] e [œ] - [œː]. However, lenght is not deemed by the speakers as a distinctive feature of the same phoneme. These pairs are regarded as four fully independent phonemes, thus bringing the amount of distinguished vowels to 11.

The imbalance between the amount of front and back vowels is easily noticeable.