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Vowels

There are 6 vocalic phonemes, which display other forms of distinction:

IPA						Transcription
[i]	[iː˩˧] [iː˧˩]			[u]	[uː˩˧] [uː˧˩]	i	ī́ ī̀			u	ū́ ū̀
[e]	[eː˩˧] [eː˧˩]			[o]	[oː˩˧] [oː˧˩]	e	ḗ ḕ			o	ṓ ṑ
				[ɑ]						ɑ
		[a]	[aː˩˧] [aː˧˩]					a	ā́ ā̀

5 vowels are framed in a complex tonal system. Conversely the mid-central phoneme, [ə], makes no distinction in tone.

The tonal system is thoroughly described below.