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| || || <center>[a]</center> || <center>[aː]</center> || || || || || <center>'''a'''</center> || <center>'''aː'''</center> || || | | || || <center>[a]</center> || <center>[aː]</center> || || || || || <center>'''a'''</center> || <center>'''aː'''</center> || || | ||
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The vocalic system is typologically simple and essentially balanced, except for the open-central phoneme, [æ]. | |||
All long vowels have an additional tonal feature, being every of them pronounced with an ascending tone. This feature, however, is not distinctive. | |||
Revision as of 03:13, 12 May 2025
Vowels
There are 6 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction.
5 vowels have a short form and a long form. The open-central phoneme, [æ], makes no distinction in length.
The vocalic system is typologically simple and essentially balanced, except for the open-central phoneme, [æ].
All long vowels have an additional tonal feature, being every of them pronounced with an ascending tone. This feature, however, is not distinctive.
