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Vowels

There are 8 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
[ɛ]	[ɛː˩˧] [ɛː˧˩]			[ɔ]	[ɔː˩˧] [oː˧˩]	ɛ	ɛ̄́ ɛ̄̀			ɔ	ɔ̄́ ɔ̄̀
	[a]	[aː˩˧] [aː˧˩]	[ɑ]	[ɑː˩˧] [ɑː˧˩]			a	ā́ ā̀	ɑ	ɑ̄́ ɑ̄̀

Every vowel has a short form and a long form. Each long form distinguishes two types: one with a rising tone and one with a falling tone.