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==Vowels==
==Vowels==
There are 6 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction.
There are 4 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.
3 vowels have a '''short''' form and a '''long''' form. The open-central phoneme, [æ], makes no distinction in length.


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| colspan="6" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="6" | <center>''Transcription''</center>
| colspan="6" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="6" | <center>''Transcription''</center>
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| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[iː]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[uː]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>'''i'''</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>'''iː'''</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>'''u'''</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>'''uː'''</center>
| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[iː]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[u]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>[uː]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>i</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>ī</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center> || style="width: 30px;"| <center>ū</center>
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|-
| <center>[e]</center> || <center>[eː]</center> || || || <center>[o]</center> || <center>[oː]</center> || <center>'''e'''</center> || <center>'''eː'''</center> || || || <center>'''o'''</center> || <center>'''oː'''</center>
| || || colspan="2"| <center>[ə]</center> || || || || || colspan="2"| <center>ə</center> || ||
|-
|-
| || || colspan="2"| <center>[æ]</center> || || || || || colspan="2"| <center>'''æ'''</center> || ||
| || || <center>[a]</center> || <center>[aː]</center> || || || || || <center>a</center> || <center>'''aː'''</center> || ||  
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| || || <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 03:56, 12 May 2025

Vowels

There are 4 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction.

3 vowels have a short form and a long form. The open-central phoneme, [æ], makes no distinction in length.

IPA
Transcription
[i]
[iː]
[u]
[uː]
i
ī
u
ū
[ə]
ə
[a]
[aː]
a
aː
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