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==Vowels==
==Vowels==
There are 7 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction.
There are 11 vocalic phonemes. No vowel makes any distinction neither in length nor in tone:


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{| class="wikitable"
|- style=max-width:4em
|- style=max-width:4em
| colspan="6" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="6" | <center>''Transcription''</center>
| colspan="11" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="11" | <center>''Transcription''</center>
|-
|-
| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || 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;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center>
| style="width: 30px;"| <center>[i]</center> || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || 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;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| || style="width: 30px;"| <center>u</center>
|-
|-
| || <center>[e]</center>|| || || <center>[o]</center> || || || <center>e</center> || || || <center>o</center> ||  
| || <center>[ʏ]</center> || || || || || || || <center>ü</center> || || || || ||  
|-
|-
| || <center>[ɛ]</center>|| || || <center>[ɔ]</center> || || || <center>ɛ</center> || || || <center>ɔ</center> ||  
| || <center>[e]</center> || || || <center>[ɤ]</center> || <center>[o]</center> || || || <center>e</center> || || || <center>ë</center> || <center>o</center> ||  
|-
|-
| || || <center>[a]</center> || <center>[ɑ]</center> || || || || || <center>a</center> || <center>ɑ</center> || ||
| || || <center>[œ]</center> || || || || || || || <center>ö</center> || || || ||
|-
| || || <center>[æ]</center> || || <center>[ɑ]</center> || || || || || <center>ä</center> || || <center>ɑ</center> || ||
|-
| || || || <center>[a]</center> || || || || || || || <center>a</center> || || ||
|}
|}
No vowel makes any distinction in length, but all vocalic phonemes are framed in an elaborate tonal system, with multiple tone distinctions. This tonal system is thoroughly described below.

Revision as of 01:01, 14 May 2025

Vowels

There are 11 vocalic phonemes. No vowel makes any distinction neither in length nor in tone:

IPA
Transcription
[i]
[u]
i
u
[ʏ]
ü
[e]
[ɤ]
[o]
e
ë
o
[œ]
ö
[æ]
[ɑ]
ä
ɑ
[a]
a