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==Vowels== | ==Vowels== | ||
There are | There are 6 vocalic phonemes. Each vowel makes a distinction in nasalization, displaying both a non-nasal and a nasal version. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- style=max-width:4em | |- style=max-width:4em | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="6" | <center>''IPA''</center> || colspan="6" | <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>[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> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| || || <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>ə</center> || <center>ə̃</center> || <center>o</center> || <center>õ</center> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| || || <center>[a]</center> || <center>[ã]</center> || || || || || <center>a</center> || <center>ã</center> || || | |||
|} | |} | ||
The opposition in ''nasalization'' is fully distinctive: | |||
čü - čü̃ | |||
<small>saline - young</small> | |||
No vowel makes any distinction neither in length nor in tone. | |||
Revision as of 01:11, 14 May 2025
Vowels
There are 6 vocalic phonemes. Each vowel makes a distinction in nasalization, displaying both a non-nasal and a nasal version.
The opposition in nasalization is fully distinctive:
čü - čü̃ saline - young
No vowel makes any distinction neither in length nor in tone.